عصم

عُصْمٌ ذ (S, K) and ↓ عُصُمٌ (K) and ↓ عَصِيمٌ (S, K) A relic, and a trace, of anything, (S, K,) such as tar [with which camels are smeared when mangy], (S,) and خِضَاب [i. e. hinnà (حِنَّاآء) and the like, with which one dyes, or tinges, the hair &c.], and the like: (S, K:) and عُصْمٌ is also expl. as signifying a trace of anything such as وَرْس [q. v.] or saffron or the like. (TA.) As says, I heard an Arab woman of the desert say to her follow-wife, أَعْطِينِى عُصْمَ حنَّائِكِ, meaning [ Give me ] what thou hast wiped off and cast away of thy حِنَّاآء (S, TA *) after thy dyeing of thy hands with it. (TA.) -A2- عُصْمٌ is also a pl. of عِصَامٌ [q. v.]. (TA.)