embalm, stuff

, (K,) aor. , (TK,) inf. n. حُنُوطٌ, It (seed-produce) attained to the time for its being reaped; as also ↓ احنط. (K.) ― -b2- It (a tree of the kind called رِمْث) became mature, and its leaves became white; as also ↓ احنط: (S:) or it became white and mature, (K, TA,) and there came forth upon it a dust-coloured fruit, and what resembled pieces of glue appeared upon its tops; (TA;) as also حَنِطَ, aor. ; (K, TA;) and ↓ احنط: (TA:) [the last, though omitted in the K, seems to be the most common:] or its colour became white inclining to yellowness, and its odour sweet: (IAth:) Az relates, on the authority of IAar, that one says, أَوْرَسَ الرِّمْثُ, and ↓ احنط; like خَضَبَ العَرْفَجُ: and one says, of the رِمْث, when it first breaks out for its leaves to come forth, قَدْ أَقْمَلَ; and when it has increased little by little, قَدْ أَدْبَى; and when its greenness has increased, بَقَلَ: and when it has become white and mature, حَنَطَ: (TA:) or ↓ احنط is said of a tree, and of a herb, meaning its fruit became mature; and so حَنَطَ, inf. n. حُنُوطٌ. (AHn.) ― -b3- It (leather) became red. (S, K.) [The inf. n. of the verb in this sense is not mentioned.] -A2- See also 2.

, inf. n. تَحْنِيطٌ (S, TA;) in the K, ↓ حَنَطَهُ, aor. ; which is a mistake; (TA;) He prepared him (a dead person [i. e. for burial]) [and also it (grave-clothing)] with حَنُوط [q. v.]; (S, K;) as also ↓ احنطهُ. (K.) And [hence,] ↓ أُحْنِطَ [lit. He was prepared for burial with حنوط, is used to signify] he died. (K.)

: see 1, in five places. -A2- أَحْنَطَهُ: and أُحْنِطَ: see 2. ― -b2- The former also signifies He, or it, made him, or it, to bleed: made him, or it, to be bloody; or smeared, befouled, or defiled, him, or it, with blood: it (blood) befouled, or defiled, him, or it. (IAar.)

He (a dead person) was, or became, prepared [for burial] with حَنُوط. (K.) ― -b2- Also, or تحنّط بِالحَنُوطِ, (S,) He (a man) made use of حنوط for himself, in his clothing: (S, * TA:) so in a trad.: meaning, on his going forth to battle; as though desiring thereby to prepare himself for death, and to induce himself to endure the fight with patience. (TA.)

[lit. He desired to be prepared for burial with حَنُوط: and hence meaning] he (a man, Fr) emboldened himself, or became emboldened, to encounter death, holding his life in light estimation. (Fr, K.)

Wheat; and the grain of wheat; syn. بُرٌّ (S, Msb, K) and قَمْحٌ and طَعَامٌ; (Msb;) of the first three of which words, بُرٌّ is the most chaste; (S in art. بر;) the well-known grain called بُرٌّ: (TA:) chewed, and applied as a poultice, it is good for the bite of a dog: (K:) or, correctly, what is chewed thereof disperses humours; but for the bite of a dog, it is coarsely pounded, and put upon the bite; as is said by the author of the “ Minháj: ” and one of its wellknown properties is this; that when it is put upon a piece of heated iron, and powdered, and ringworms (قَوَابِىّ) are smeared with the moisture thereof, it removes them: (TA:) pl. حِنَطٌ. (S, K.)

An eater of much حِنْطَة [or wheat], in order that he may grow fat. (K.) ― -b2- Accord. to Aboo-Nasr and Aboo-Sa'eed, (TA,) Inflated, or swollen; syn. مُنْتَفِخٌ. (K, TA.)

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(S, IAth, Msb, K) and ↓ حِنَاطٌ (IAth, Msb, K) [Perfume such as is termed] ذَرِيرَةٌ: (S:) or odoriferous substances (IAth, Msb, K) of any kind (K) that are mixed (IAth, Msb, K) for a corpse, (Msb, K,) in particular, (Msb,) or for grave-clothes and for the bodies of the dead, consisting of ذَرِيرَة, or musk, or ambergris, or camphor, or other substance, namely, Indian cane, or sandal-wood, bruised: derived from حَنَطَ said of the رِمْث, signifying that its colour became white inclining to yellowness, and its odour sweet: (IAth:) the term حنوط is applied to anything with which a corpse is perfumed, consisting of musk and ذَرِيرَة and sandal-wood and ambergris and camphor, and other things that are sprinkled upon it for the purpose of perfuming it and drying up its moisture. (Msb.)

The trade of the حَنَّاط [q. v.]. (S, K.)

A seller of حِنْطَة [or wheat]; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ حَنَّاطِىٌّ; (K;) a rel. n. from the former. (Msb.) [The pl.] حَنَّاطُونَ is explained by the lawyers as signifying Persons who transport wheat (حِنْطَة) from the ship to the houses. (Mgh in art. نقل.)

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