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حوّط

Root: حوط

Form: 2

Full Definition

حوّطII , Verbal.Noun تَحْوِيطٌ, He surrounded it by some such thing as earth, so as to make this to encompass it. And حوّط كَرْمَهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, He built a حَائِط [or wall] around his vine.
2 Hence, أَنَا أُحَوِّطُ ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرُ I have within my compass, or power, and care, that thing, or affair; [like أُحَوِّضُ, q. v.;] syn. أَدُورُ. [Hence also, حوّط عَلَيْهِ, in the present day, is used to signify He monopolized it. See also 4.]
3 حوّط حَائِطًا, Verbal.Noun as above, He made a حائط [meaning either a walled garden or a wall; app. a wall of enclosure]; as also .
4 See also 1.
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