حش

حَشِيشٌ ذ Dry herbage; (Msb;) dry pasture, or fodder: (El-Fárábee, S, Mgh, Msb, K:) of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ: (Msb:) what is fresh is not so called: (S, Msb:) but عُشْبٌ is applied to what is fresh and what is dry: this, says ISd, is the opinion of the generality of the lexicologists: some [he adds] assert that حشيش is green pasture or herbage, as well as dry: but he says that this is not correct; [and the like is said in the Msb;] for this word is properly applied to denote dryness and contraction: ISh says that it is applied to all herbs, or leguminous plants, fresh as well as dry; as also عَلَفٌ and خَلًى: Az says that when they use it unrestricted, the Arabs mean thereby حَلِىّ, [which is the herb called نَصِىّ when it has become dry and white, ] in particular; and that this is the best kind of fodder; that horses thrive upon it, and it is one of the best pastures for camels, or for camels and sheep and goats; a good supply in years of scarcity: (TA:) or it signifies cut herbage or pasture; and is of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ: (Msb:) the n. un. is with ة, signifying a fascicle, or wisp, of حَشيش: (TA:) [and sometimes a herb of any kind: the pl. is حَشَائِشُ.] ― -b2- [It is also applied, in the present day, to Hemp, used for its intoxicating property; both fresh and dry: app. what is termed حَشِيشُ الحَرَافِيشِ in the K, voce بَنْجٌ, q. v.: and also termed حَشِيشَةٌ الفَقَرَاآءِ: see De Sacy's “ Chrest. Arabe, ”, see. ed., vol. i. pp. 210-283. ― -b3- حَشِيشَةُ السُّلْطَانِ: see خَرْدَلٌ.] ― -b4- حَشِيشٌ also signifies A child, or young one, that has dried up in the belly of its mother; (Mgh, Msb, TA;) and so ↓ حَشٌّ and ↓ مَحْشُوشٌ and ↓ أُحْشُوشٌ: (TA:) or حُشٌّ [and the rest], a child, or young one, that perishes in the belly of its mother. (K.) It is said in a trad., فَأَلْقَتْ حشِيشًا And she cast forth a child, or young one, dried up. (Mgh.) And you say, أَلْقَتْ وَلَدَهَا حَشِيشًا She (a camel) cast forth her young one dried up. (Msb.)