Arabic (Original)
قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ فِيمَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ أنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْكَارِزِيُّ نا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تَغْرِزُ ظَهْرَ كَفِّهَا أَوْ مِعْصَمِهَا بِإِبْرَةٍ أَوْ مِسَلَّةٍ حَتَّى تُؤَثِّرَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ تَحْشُوهُ بِالْكُحْلِ أَوْ بِالنَّئُورِ فَيَخْضَرُّ يُقَالُ مِنْهُ وَشَمَتْ تَشِمُ وَشْمًا فَهِيَ وَشْمَةٌ وَالْأُخْرَى مَوْشُومَةٌ وَمُسْتَوْشِمَةٌ وَأَمَّا الْمُتَفَلِّجَاتُ فَهِيَ مِنْ تَفْلِيجِ الْأَسْنَانِ وَتَوْشِيرِهَا وَهُوَ أَنْ تُحَدِّدَهَا حَتَّى تَكُونَ فِي أَطْرَافِهَا رِقَّةٌ كَمَا تَكُونُ فِي أَسْنَانِ الْأَحْدَاثِ تَفْعَلُهُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْكَبِيرَةُ الْمُتَشَبِّهَةُ بِأُولَئِكَ هَذَا مَعْنَى قَوْلِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ وَأَبِي عُبَيْدٍ
English Translation
Abu 'Ubayd said: A woman would prick the back of her hand or her wrist with a needle or a large needle until it made a mark, then she would fill it with kohl or soot, and it would turn green. This is called washm (tattooing). As for al-mutafallijat, it refers to filing the teeth to create gaps, making them thin at the tips as in the teeth of young people. An older woman would do this to resemble them. This is the meaning of the statement of Abu 'Ubaydah and Abu 'Ubayd.