ذوب

ذَوْبٌ ذ [ What is fluid, or liquid, of water &c.; contr. of جَمْدٌ: see جَامِدٌ: and see also ذَائِبٌ. ― -b2- ] Honey, (T, M, K,) in a general sense: (M:) or honey cleared from its wax: (T, M, K:) or honey in the bees' cells: (S, M, K:) and melted, or liquefied, honey: (M:) or melted, or liquefied, honey, cleared from its wax: so in the saying, ↓ هُوَ أَحْلَىمِنَ الذَّوْبِ بِالاـِذْوَابَةِ (tropical:) [ He, or it, is sweeter than honey melted and cleared of its wax, with fresh butter melted in a cooking-pot to clarify it ]. (A.) ― -b3- Gum flowing upon the ground. (TA voce مِغْفَرٌ.) ― -b4- ذَوْبُ الذَّهَبِ Watergold: or, accord. to Er-Rázee, fluid, or liquid, gold; the inf. n. ذَوْب being used in this instance in the sense of ذَائِب. (Har p. 448.) -A2- (assumed tropical:) Foolishness, or stupidity. (TA.) [But see the next paragraph.]