رثء

رَثِيْئَةٌ ذ Sour milk upon which fresh milk is drawn from the udder, so that it becomes thick: (Lh, S, M, K:) or fresh milk poured upon sour, (As, T, M, Mgh,) and then stirred about with a [ wooden instrument called ] مِجْدَح until it becomes thick: (Lh, M:) or fresh milk upon which sour milk is poured, then left a while, whereupon thin yellow water [or whey ] comes forth, and is poured away from it, and then the thick is drunk. (Har p. 451.) One says, الرَّثِيْئَةُ تَفْثَأُ الغَضَبَ (S, TA) What is termed رثيئة stills, or appeases, anger: (TA:) alluding to [the effect produced by] a small kindness: a saying which originated from a man's being incensed against some persons. and being hungry, and their giving him to drink some رثيئة, whereupon his anger became appeased: (S in art. فثأ:) hence it became a proverb. (TA.) -A2- See also رَثْأَةٌ.