شإف — اِسْتَشْإَفَتْ

قُرْصَة, [so in the TA, an evident mistranscription, app. for قَرْحَة, and so in the next paragraph, i. e. an ulcer, or imposthume,] means صَارَ لَهَا إَصْلٌ [ It had, or acquired, root, or rootedness, or permanence; as though it became a شَإْفَة ]. (TA.)