سحو ند سحى

مِسْحَاةٌ ذ A shovel, or spade, of iron; (MA, PS;) an implement (S, Msb, K) like the مِجْرَفَة, except that it is of iron, (S, Msb,) with which clay, soil, or mud, is cleared away (Msb, K) from the surface of the earth: (Msb:) a مِسْحَاة [ for digging, i. e. a spade, ] has a cross piece of wood upon which the digger presses his foot: K, voce عِتْرٌ:) and there is a curved kind, [app. a sort of hoe, ] such as is called in Pers. كَنَنْد: (S:) pl. مَسَاحٍ. (S, Msb.) Ru-beh likens the toes, or extremities of the fore parts of the hoofs, of horses, to مَسَاحٍ; because with them they pare the ground: so in the T: or, accord. to the M, he likens thereto the hoofs of asses. (TA.) ― -b2- مِسْحَاةُ النَّارِ means [ The fire-shovel; ] a thing with which the fire is stirred. (TA voce مِحْرَاثْ.)