كشط1 كَشَطَ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. ـِ (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,] وَإِذَا السَّمَآءُ 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.) 5 تكشّط السَّحَابُ فِى السَّمَآءِ The clouds became dissundered and dispersed in the sky. (TA.) 7 انكشط التُّرَابُ [The dust became removed, or cleared away, by the wind]. (T, TA in art. جول.) See also 1.10 إِسْتَكْشَطَ see 1.كُشْطٌ i. q. قُسْطٌ. (AA in TA art. قسط.) كِشَاطٌ: see كُشِطَ.A2:  The stripped skin of a slaughtered camel. (Lth, K.) Sometimes the latter is covered over with it; and one says, إِرْفَعْ عَنْهَا كِشَاطَهَا لِأَنْظُرَ إِلَى لَحْمِهَا [Take thou off from it its stripped skin, that I may look at its flesh.] (Lth, K. *) كَشَّاطٌ: see what next follows.كَاشِطٌ A slaughterer [or skinner] of camels; as also ↓ كَشَّاطٌ. (TA.) b2:  Also, [its pls.] كَشَطَةٌ (Lth, K,) and كَاشِطُونَ (M, TA) The owners of a skinned camel. (Lth, M, K.) جَزُورٌ مَكْشُوطَةٌ [A skinned slaughtered camel]. (K.) كشف كشم كشو كص See Supplement