חָנַט (b. h.) 1) to assume shape, form a texture; (of trees) to show a distinct shape of fruits, to form fruits; (of fruits and leaves) to assume a distinct shape (v. חֲנָטָה). R. Hash. 14ᵇ אתרוג שחָנְטוּ פירותיו Ms. M. (ed. פירותיה) an Ethrog-tree whose fruits were formed before the fifteenth of Shebat. Ib. אילן שחנטו וכ׳ a tree whose fruits &c. Y. Shebi. V, beg. 35ᵈ אילן שח׳ a tree which formed fruits. Tosef. Shebi. IV, 20; a. fr. —2) [to be handsome; (Arab.) to be red,] to make handsome, or flagrant, esp. toembalm. Gen. R. s. 100.