شرذمشِرْذِمَةٌ A party, or company, (طَائِفَةٌ,) of men, or people: (S:) or a small company: (TA:) or a small number of men, or people: (K:) and so شِرْدِمَةٌ, with the unpointed د, on the authority of AA: (IB, TA:) the former occurring in the Kur xxvi. 54. (TA.) b2:  A piece, or portion, (S, K,) of a thing, (S,) of a quince &c.: pl. شَرَاذِمُ and شَرَاذِيمُ. (K.) b3:  [Hence,] ثَوْبٌ شَرَاذِمُ, (S,) or ثِيَابٌ شَرَاذِمُ, (K,) A garment, or garments, old and worn out, (S, K,) much rent. (K.)