خشب

خَشِيبَةٌ ذ The natural quality [ of the metal ] of a sword, (Skr on the verse here following, S, TA,) before the making thereof is completed: (Skr:) or its blade, or iron: (A:) or its edge: or its polish. (JK.) Sakhr says, وَصَارِمٌ أُخْلِصَتْ خَشِيبَتُهُ أَبْيَضُ مَهْوٌ فِى مَتْنِهِ زُبَدُ And a sharp sword of which the natural quality [ of the metal ] before the completion of the making thereof has been refined, [ white, or a sword, ] thin in the two edges or sides, having [ in its broad side ] diversified marks. (Skr.)