حمش

أَحْمَشُ السَّاقَيْنِ ذ Slender in the shanks, applied to a man; (S, K) as also الساقين ↓ حَمْشُ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) and ↓ حَمِيشُهُمَا: (TA:) and so الساقين ↓ حَمْشةُ, applied to a woman. (A.) And الخِلْقَةِ ↓ حَمْشُ (tropical:) Slender in make, applied to a man. (TA.) أَحْمَشُ also signifies Slender, applied to the small bone of the shank: (Msb:) and so حَمْشَاآءُ [the fem.], and ↓ حَمْشَةٌ, and ↓ حَمِيشَةٌ, applied to the shank (سَاق), and to the fore arm (ذِرَاع), and to the legs (قَوَائِم): and [the pls.] حُمْشٌ (TA) and حِمَاشٌ, (K,) applied to shanks (سُوق): (K, TA:) and ↓ حَمِشٌ, and ↓ حَمْشٌ, and ↓ مُسْتَحْمِشٌ, applied to a bow-string; (K, * TA;) the last on the authority of Ibráheem El-Harbee; (TA;) and each of the last three epithets with ة added, applied to bow-strings. (K, * TA.) You say also ↓ لِثَةٌ حَمِشَةٌ A gum having little flesh: (K:) or a thin gum. (TA.)