ثمل

ثَمَلَةٌ ثمل ثمله ثملة : see ثُمْلَةٌ. ― -b2- Also, (IF, TA,) or ↓ ثَمَلٌ, (M,) Some tar remaining in a vessel. (IF, M, TA.) ― -b3- And (hence, IF, TA) the former, A piece of rag, (IF, M,) dipped in tar, (M,) or a tuft of wool, (S, K,) with which a camel is tarred, (IF, S, M, K,) [to cure him of, or preserve him from, the mange, or scab,] and with which a skin for water or milk is anointed; (M, K;) as also ↓ ثُمْلَةٌ (M, K) and ↓ مِثْمَلَةٌ. (S, K.) ― -b4- And (hence, as being likened thereto, TA) The rag of the menses: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ ثَمَلٌ. (M, K.)