حرض

حَرَّاضٌ حراض One who burns حُرْض [ kali, or glasswort, &c.] for قِلْى [or potash ]; (K; [in the CK, لِلْقَلْى is erroneously put for لِلْقِلْىِ;]) one who makes a fire upon حُرْض for the purpose of procuring from it قِلْى; (S;) i. e. for the dyers; and ↓ اـِحْرِيضٌ also signifies one who makes a fire upon أُشْنَان [or حُرْض]: it is said that [plants of the kind called] حَمْض are burned, in their fresh state, and then water is sprinkled upon their ashes, which in consequence are compacted, and become قِلْى [q. v.]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also One who makes a fire upon masses of hard stone for the purpose of preparing thence نُورَة [or quick lime ], or جِصّ [which is gypsum ]. (S, K.)