ح ث ل

: see what follows, in two places.

[The grain of the weed called] زُوَان, and the like, (M, K,) of what is worthless, (M, TA,) found in wheat, (M, K,) and thrown away; (M, TA;) said by Lh to be somewhat grosser than dust, or earth, and than what are termed دُقَاق [q. v.]: (TA: [see also حُصَالَةٌ:]) and bits, or particles, that fall off, or are pared off, (K, TA,) from dates, and barley, and the like: (TA:) or what falls of the husks of barley, and rice, and of the skin of dates; and of everything of which bits, or particles, fall off, or are pared off; when it is picked for the purpose of removing what is bad: (S:) the refuse of قَرَظ [or leaves of the mimosa flava] after picking to remove what is bad: (TA:) dregs of oil (S, TA) &c.; (TA;) the thick, or turbid, portion that remains at the bottom of that which is clear: (Msb in art. ثفل:) broken pieces of straw: (TA in art. حثر:) what is worthless: (K:) what is bad, and what remains, of wheat: (Lh, TA:) what is bad (Az, S, K) of dates, (Az, TA,) or, (S, K,) app., (S,) of anything; (S, K;) as also ↓ حَثْلٌ. (K.) [Hence,] (assumed tropical:) The refuse of men or mankind; the bad, or evil, thereof; (T, TA;) as also ↓ حَثْلٌ. (T.)