عض

3 عَاضَّتِ الدَّوَابُّ ذ , (K, * TA,) inf. n. عِضَاضٌ (S, K) and مُعَاضَّةٌ, (S,) The beasts bit one another. (S, * K, * TA.) And in like manner you say, هُمَا ↓ يَتَعَاضَّانِ They two bite each other. (S.) ― -b2- [Hence the saying,] عَاضَّ القَوْمُ العَيْشَ مُنْذُ العَامِ فَا@شْتَدَّ عِضَاضُهُمْ i. e. عَيْشُهُمْ [app. meaning The people, or company of men, have grappled with life during this year, and their life has been strait, or difficult, or hard ]. (S.) [See عِضَاضُ عَيْشٍ.]