حنط

حَنُوطٌ حنوط (S, IAth, Msb, K) and ↓ حِنَاطٌ (IAth, Msb, K) [ Perfume such as is termed ] ذَرِيرَةٌ: (S:) or odoriferous substances (IAth, Msb, K) of any kind (K) that are mixed (IAth, Msb, K) for a corpse, (Msb, K,) in particular, (Msb,) or for grave-clothes and for the bodies of the dead, consisting of ذَرِيرَة, or musk, or ambergris, or camphor, or other substance, namely, Indian cane, or sandal-wood, bruised: derived from حَنَطَ said of the رِمْث, signifying that its colour became white inclining to yellowness, and its odour sweet: (IAth:) the term حنوط is applied to anything with which a corpse is perfumed, consisting of musk and ذَرِيرَة and sandal-wood and ambergris and camphor, and other things that are sprinkled upon it for the purpose of perfuming it and drying up its moisture. (Msb.)