دم

دِمَامٌ دمام دميم (T, S, M, Msb, K) and ↓ دَمٌّ (M, K) A thing (S, M, Msb, K) of any kind (S, TA) with which one smears, or does over, (S, M, Msb, K,) the face [ &c. ]: (Msb:) said by some to be the red pigment with which women redden their faces: (Msb:) and particularly, [i. e. both these words,] (K,) or the former, (S,) a medicinal liniment with which one smears the forehead of a child (S, K) and the exterior of his eyes: (S:) or the former word, a medicament with which the forehead of a child is smeared, called حُضَض or حُضُض: and as some say, [the pigment called ] نَؤُور: (TA:) and a collyrium, or liniment, that is applied to the eye: (Msb:) or any medicament with which the exterior of the eye is smeared; (Lth, T;) such as aloes, and saffron: (TA:) and i. q. نَؤُورٌ, which is applied to the gums. (T.) بُصِّرَتْ بِدِمَامٍ, said of the feathers of an arrow, means They were stuck fast with glue: (M, TA:) or they were besmeared with blood. (S in art. بصر.) ― -b2- Also, [i. e. both words,] (K,) or the former word, (T,) (assumed tropical:) Clouds in which is no water; (K, TA;) as being likened to the liniment so called. (TA)