هرس

مِهْرَاسٌ ذ [in the M, voce جُرْنٌ, q. v., accord. to the TA, مهرس, i. e., app. مِهْرَسٌ,] A stone hollowed out, (S, Mgh, Msb,) oblong, (Mgh, Msb,) and heavy, resembling a [ vessel of the kind called ] تَوْر, q. v., (Mgh,) in which one bruises, brays, or pounds, and from which one performs the ablution termed وُضُوْء; (S, Mgh, Msb;) and it is also made of brass; and grain and other things are bruised in it: (Msb:) and sometimes, by a tropical application, (tropical:) one of wood, (Mgh, Msb,) used for the same purpose: (Msb:) or a mortar; syn. هَاوُونٌ; (K;) or thing in which grain is bruised: (A, TA,) and also, (A, K,) tropically, (A,) (tropical:) a hollowed stone, (A, K,) of oblong shape, (A,) from which one performs the ablution above mentioned; (A, K;) consisting of a bulky stone, which several men cannot lift nor move because of its weight, capable of holding much water. (TA.)