خشب

خَشَّابَةٌ ذ [a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is ↓ خَشَّابٌ,] Sellers of خَشَب [i. e. wood, or timber ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Fighters with staves. -A2- Accord. to ElHejeree, خشابة [so in the TA, without any syll. sign,] signifies A slender [ implement of the kind called ] مطرق [i. e. مِطْرَق, q. v.,] which the polisher, when he has finished the polishing of a sword, passes over it, in consequence of which the scabbard does not alter its state. (TA.)