خبث

خَبَثٌ خبث The dross of iron, (S, TA,) and of silver, when they are molten. (TA.) [Hence the saying,] لَيْسَ الاـِبْرِيزُ كَالخَبَثِ [lit. Pure gold is not like dross ]; meaning (tropical:) the good is not like the bad. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Adulterating alloy in gold and iron &c. (Har p. 135.) ― -b3- A thing wherein is no good. (TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) Excrement, or ordure: impurity, or filth. (Mgh in art. قل, and TA.) Hence the saying in a trad., اـِذَا بَلَغَ المَاآءُ قُلَّتَيْنِ لَمْ يَحْمِلْ خَبَثًا [explained in art. احل]. (Mgh ubi suprà, and TA.)