حمز1 حَمَزَ, aor. ـِ inf. n. حَمْزٌ, It (milk) was, or became, sour, [so as to burn, or bite, the tongue; and so, app., حَمُزَ, inf. n. حَمَازَةٌ; (see حَمْزٌ, below;) or] in a less degree than such as is termed حَازِرٌ. (TA.) b2:  [Hence, app.,] حَمُزَ, inf. n. حَمَازةٌ, (assumed tropical:)  He (a man) was, or became, strong, robust, sturdy, or hardy. (S, * K, * TA.) A2:  حَمَزَ اللِّسَانَ, aor. ـِ It (beverage, or wine,) stung, or bit, the tongue: (S, K:) or it (milk, and نَبِيذ,) burned the tongue by its strength and sharpness. (Mgh.) b2:  and حَمَزَهُ, aor. ـِ (TA,) inf. n. حَمْزٌ, (K,) He took it, seized or grasped it, contracted it, or drew it together; syn. قَبَضَهُ, (K, * TA,) and ضَمَّهُ. (TA.) See حَمُوزٌ. You say, حَمَزَتِ الكَلِمَةُ فُؤَادَهُ (tropical:)  The saying contracted his heart, (Lh, A, TA,) and grieved him, (Lh, TA,) or pained him. (TA.) b3:  Also, (A, TA,) aor.  as above, (TA,) and so the inf. n., (K,) (tropical:)  He sharpened it; (A, K, * TA;) namely, an iron instrument, (TA,) an arrow-head or the like. (A.) So in the dial. of Hudheyl. (TA.) حَمْزٌ Acritude of a thing; a quality, or property, like that of burning, or biting, (S, * K, * TA,) such as the taste of mustard: (TA:) and [in like manner] ↓ حَمَازَةٌ signifies the quality, or property, of burning, and sharpness; as in beverage, or wine: (TA:) and ↓ حَمْزةٌ a sourness in milk, with a biting of the tongue; (A;) or a sourness in milk, less than that of milk which is termed حَازِرٌ. (TA.) حَمْزَةٌ: see what next precedes.حَمُوزٌ, applied to the beverage termed نَبِيذ, [app. when it is in a state of fermentation,] Digestive. (Fr, TA.) b2:  ↓ إِنَّهُ لَحَمُوزٌ لِمَا حَمَزَهُ means Verily he is one who keeps, or guards, or takes care of, prudently, or effectually, what he has collected together. (K.) [To the explanation in the K (ضَابِطٌ لِمَا ضَمَّهُ) is added in the TA, ومحتمل له, app. a mistranscription for وَمُحْتَفِلٌ بِهِ and one who manages it well.]رَجُلٌ حَمِيزُ الفُؤَادِ, and ↓ حَامِزُهُ, (assumed tropical:)  A strong-hearted  man: (S, TA:) or a man who is active, sharp or quick in intellect, clever, ingenious, or acute in mind, (K, TA,) and strong-hearted. (TA.) b2: And ↓ the latter, (assumed tropical:)  A man contrasted in heart. (TA.) حَمَازَةٌ: see حَمْزٌ.حَامِزٌ Sour, (TA,) and burning, or biting, to the tongue, or acrid; (A, TA;) applied to beverage, or wine: (A:) and milk that bites the tongue: (A:) or milk, and نَبِيذ, that burns the tongue by its strength and sharpness. (Mgh.) You say also رُمَّانَةٌ حَامِزَةٌ, A pomegranate in which is sourness. (A, K.) b2:  هَمٌّ حَامِزٌ (assumed tropical:)  Intense, or severe, anxiety. (TA.) And حُزَّازٌ حَامِزٌ (S, TA) (assumed tropical:)  A wringing, or poignant and burning, pain in the heart, such as arises from wrath &c. (TA.) b3:  See also حَمِيز, in two places.أَفْضَلُ الأَعْمَالِ أَحْمَزُهَا (tropical:)  The most excellent of deeds is the strongest, or most powerful: (S, K, * TA:) or the most painful (A, Mgh, TA) and distressing: (Mgh, TA:) from حَامِزٌ, applied to milk and to نَبِيذ, signifying “ that burns the tongue by reason of its strength: ” (Mgh:) a trad., related by I'Ab; (S, TA;) said by Mo-hammad. (TA.) You say also, فُلَانٌ أَحْمَزُ أَمْرًا مِنْ فُلَانٍ (tropical:)  Such a one is in harder, or more difficult, circumstances (أَشَدُّ أَمْرًا) than such a one: (TA:) or [more] contracted in circumstances. (ISk, TA.) رَجُلٌ مَحْمُوزُ البَنَانِ, A man strong in the tips, or ends, of the fingers: (S, K, TA:) occurring  in a verse of Aboo-Khirásh: (S:) but [SM says,] what I read in a poem of that author is مَحْمُوزُ القِطَاع, meaning, hard and pointed in the arrowheads. (TA.)