حنط

حِنْطَةٌ حنط حنطه حنطة Wheat; and the grain of wheat; syn. بُرٌّ (S, Msb, K) and قَمْحٌ and طَعَامٌ; (Msb;) of the first three of which words, بُرٌّ is the most chaste; (S in art. بر;) the well-known grain called بُرٌّ: (TA:) chewed, and applied as a poultice, it is good for the bite of a dog: (K:) or, correctly, what is chewed thereof disperses humours; but for the bite of a dog, it is coarsely pounded, and put upon the bite; as is said by the author of the “ Minháj: ” and one of its wellknown properties is this; that when it is put upon a piece of heated iron, and powdered, and ringworms (قَوَابِىّ) are smeared with the moisture thereof, it removes them: (TA:) pl. حِنَطٌ. (S, K.)