حرث

مِحْرَاثٌ محراث The thing (i. e. the piece of wood, or the wooden thing, TA) with which the fire is stirred (S, A, K) in the [ kind of oven called ] تَنُّور; (S;) as also ↓ مِحْرَثٌ: (K:) and مِحْرَاثُ النَّارِ the shovel (مِسْحَاة) with which the fire is stirred. (TA.) [Hence,] مِحْرَاثُ الحَرْبِ (assumed tropical:) That which [or he who ] stirs up, or excites, war. (TA.) ― -b2- [In the present day, it signifies A plough: and (like حَرْثٌ) a ploughshare. ]