ك ش ط

كَشَطَ , (S, Msb, K,) aor. كَشِطَ , (Msb, MS,) inf. n. كَشْطٌ , (Msb, K,) He removed, put off, took off, or stripped off, (S, Msb, K,) a thing (Msb, K) from ( عَنْ ) a thing which it covered; (K;) as, for instance, the housing, or covering, (S, K,) from a horse, (K,) or from the back of a horse; (S;) and the cover from a thing; (S;) and the skin from a slaughtered camel: (TA:) and قَشَطَ is a dial. var. thereof; (Yaakoob, S;) the former being of the dial. of Kureysh, (Yaakoob, accord. to the TA,) or of Keys, (M in art. قشط ,) and the latter of the dial. of Temeem and Asad; the ك not being a substitute for the ق : (Yaakoob, TA:) and ↓ استكشط signifies the same. (Ham., p. 693.) It is said in the Kur, [lxxxi. 11,] وَاـِذَا السَّمَا=ءُ كُشِطَتْ And when the heaven shall be removed from its place, like as a roof is removed from its place; (Zj, K;) and in like manner قُشِطَتٌ , (Zj, S, *) accord. to the reading of 'Abd-Allah [Ibn-Mes'ood]: (S:) or shall be pulled off and folded together. (Fr.) And you say also, كَشَطَ الحَرْفَ He removed the letter from its place. (TA.) And كُشِطَ رَوْعُهُ , (TA,) inf. n. كِشَاطٌ , (K, * TA,) (tropical:) His fright, or fear, became removed; (K, * TA;) and so ↓ انكشط روعه : (TA:) or the latter signifies (tropical:) his fright, or fear, went away. (S, K, TA.) And كَشَطَ الدَّابَّهَ and قَشَطَهَا [He removed the housing, or covering, from the beast of carriage]. (TA in art. قشط .) And كَشَطْتُ البَعِيرَ , (S, Msb,) aor. as above, (Msb,) and so the inf. n., (S, Msb,) I skinned the camel: (S, Msb:) you should not say سَلَخْتُ ; for the Arabs, in speaking of a camel, say only كَشَطْتُهُ and جَلَّدْتُهُ . (S.)