حمش1 حَمِشَ, (A, K,) aor. ـَ inf. n. حَمْشٌ and حَمَشٌ, (K,) He (a man) became slender in the shanks. (A, K.) b2:  حَمِشَ عُظَيْمُ سَاقِهِ, aor. ـَ (Msb;) and حَمِشَتْ قَوَائِمُهُ, or حَمَشَتْ; (accord. to different copies of the S;) and حَمِشَتِ السَّاقُ, inf. n. حَمْشٌ; (so in a copy of the A;) or حَمَشَتِ السَّاقُ, aor. ـِ (K;) and حَمُشَت, (Lh, A, K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. حُمُوشَةٌ (A, K) and حَمَاشةٌ, (TA,) The small bone of his shank, (Msb,) and his legs, (S,) and the shank (A, K) of a woman, (A,) became slender. (S, A, Msb, K) And the like is said, metaphorically, of the whole body. (TA.) You say also, الوَتَرُ ↓ استحمش The bow-string became slender: and its being so is better. (TA.) 10 إِسْتَحْمَشَ see the last sentence above.حَمْشٌ: see the next paragraph, throughout.حَمِشٌ: see the next paragraph, throughout.حَمِيشٌ: see the next paragraph, throughout.أَحْمَشُ السَّاقَيْنِ Slender in the shanks, applied to a man; (S, K) as also الساقين ↓ حَمْشُ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) and ↓ حَمِيشُهُمَا: (TA:) and so الساقين ↓ حَمْشةُ, applied to a woman. (A.) and الخِلْقَةِ ↓ حَمْشُ (tropical:)  Slender in make, applied to a man. (TA.) أَحْمَشُ also signifies Slender, applied to the small bone of the shank: (Msb:) and so حَمْشَآءُ [the fem.], and ↓ حَمْشَةٌ, and ↓ حَمِيشَةٌ, applied to the shank (سَاق), and to the fore arm (ذِرَاع), and to the legs (قَوَائِم): and [the pls.]حُمْشٌ (TA) and حِمَاشٌ, (K,) applied to shanks (سُوق): (K, TA:) and ↓ حَمِشٌ, and ↓ حَمْشٌ, and ↓ مُسْتَحْمِشٌ, applied to a bow-string; (K, * TA;) the last on the authority of Ibráheem El-Harbee; (TA;) and each of the last three epithets with ة added, applied to bow-strings. (K, * TA.) Yousay also ↓ لِثَةٌ حَمِشَةٌ A gum having little flesh: (K:) or a thin gum. (TA.) مُسْتَحْمِشٌ: see أَحْمَشُ.