ف
أس
1 فَأَسَ, (
S,
M,
O,
K,)
aor. ـَ
inf. n. فَأَسٌ, (
M,
K,) He struck (
AHn,
S,
O,
Msb,
K) him, or it, (
S,
O,) or a tree, (
AHn,
M,) with a فَأْس: (
AHn,
S,
M,
O,
K:) he cut him, or it, (
M,) or a tree, (
TA,) therewith: (
M:) he clave, (
M,
O,
K,) or split, (
T,
O,) a piece of wood, (
M,) or one's head, (
O,) therewith. (
M,
K.)
b2: He hit (
S,
K) a man (
S) in the فَأْس of the head. (
S,
K.)
A2: He ate wheat, or other food. (
O,
K, *
TA.) فَأْسٌ A certain implement of iron, (
M,) with which one digs; [i. e., a kind of hoe; thus called in the present day; generally having a blade more long than wide, and a short handle; altogether resembling an adz:] (
Kr,
M:) and with which one cuts; [i. e., an adz; and an axe; both also thus called in the present day; more commonly the former; used for cutting, cleaving, and splitting, trees and wood, (see فَأَسَ,) and for hewing, forming, or fashioning, wood &c.: (see also قَدُومٌ:)] (
M:) a thing well known: (
A,
K:) [applied also to a pickaxe: (see صَاقُورٌ:)] the ء in this word may be suppressed: (
Msb:) it is of the
fem. gender: (
M,
Msb,
K:) the
pl. (of pauc., O) is أَفْؤُسٌ (
M,
O,
Msb,
K) and (of mult., O) فُؤُوسٌ, (
S,
M,
O,
Msb,
K,) and,
accord. to some, فُؤْسٌ. (
TA.)
b2: فَأْسُ اللِّجَامِ [A certain part of the bit; namely,] the [tongue of] iron that stands up towards [so I render here the
particle فِى] the حَنَك [here meaning the palate, against which it is made to press when the rein is drawn hard for the purpose of checking the horse]; (
IDrd in his book on the Saddle and Bridle, [in one part of which he likens to it the tongue of a buckle,]
S,
M,
A,
O,
K;) the iron that stands up in the شَكِيمَة; (
T;) or, as some say, that which is in the middle of the شكيمة, between the مِسْحَلَانِ: (
ISh:) the شكيمة is the iron that lies across in the mouth, [i. e., the bit-mouth, or mouth-piece of the bit,] and the مِسْحَل is an iron [i. e. a ring of iron, one of a pair of rings which are inserted each into the other, in the place of our curbchain,] beneath the حَنَك [here meaning the part between the two sides of the lower jaw]: (
IDrd:) or, as some say, [and among them
Kr.] the transverse iron in the bit; (
M;) but this assertion requires consideration. (
TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ يَلُوكُ لِسَانَهُ فِى الكَلَامِ كَمَا يَعْلِكُ الفَرَسُ فَأْسَ اللِّجَامِ [Such a one mumbles his tongue in speaking like as the horse moves about in his mouth the فأس of the bit]. (
A.)
b3: فَأْسُ الرَّأْسِ, (
S,
O,
K,) or فَأْسُ القَفَا, (
M,) The edge of the قَمَحْدُوَة [or hinder part of the back of the head], that projects above the back of the neck; [i. e., the small protuberance above the back of the neck:] (
S,
O,
K:) or the hinder part of the قمحدوة. (
M.)
b4: فَأْسُ الرَّحَى
The [protuberant] part of the [nether, or lower,] mill-stone, in the middle of which is [fixed] the axis. (
Kzw, description of Ursa Minor.)
b5: And hence, الفَأْسُ The Constellation of Ursa Minor. (Idem, same place.)
b6: فَأْسُ الفَمِ The extremity of the mouth, in which are the teeth. (
M.)
b7: اِجْعَلْ هٰذَا الأَمْرَ فَأْسًا وَاحِدًا means Make thou this affair to be [uniform, or] of one way or mode or manner. (
ISk,
TA in art. بأج.)
