سَوْرَةٌ

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سَوْرَةٌ A leap, or spring.
2 The assault of wine upon the head; or its rush into the head: and in like manner, the assault, or rush, of venom, such as that of the scorpion: or the force, or strength, of wine &c.; (M, K, Msb, and MF voce حَدٌّ;) as also سُوَارٌ ; and in like manner, of hunger: the overpowering influence of wine upon the head: or سُوَارٌ signifies the creeping of wine in the head: and سَوْرَةٌ is said to signify the assault, or force, or intoxicating operation, or overpowering influence upon the head, (حُمَيَّا,) produced by the creeping of wine, in, or through, the drinker: and in like manner, فَرَحٍ means a motion of joy like the creeping of wine in the head.
3 [ A paroxysm of fever.
4 An ebullition, a fierceness, or an impetuousness, of anger; as when] one says إِنَّ لِغَضَبِهِ لَسَوْرَةً [Verily his anger has an ebullition, a fierceness, or an impetuousness]: [ an outburst, or outbreak, of anger: and] anger itself: [or a fit of anger, or irritation:] pl. سَوْرَاتٌ.
5 [ The flush, or impetuosity, of youth: see حُمَيَّا.]
6 Impetuousness in war. [It is said in the TA that فُلَانٌ ذُوسَوْرَةٍ فِى الحَرْبِ means ذُو نَظَرٍ شَدِيدٍ, i. e. Such a one has strong inspection in war: but I think that نَظَرٍ is here a mistranscription for سَطْوٍ, i. e. impetuousness.]
7 Violence, force, or oppression, and tyranny, of a Sultán: and might, or valour, of a Sultán.
8 Vehemence, or intenseness, of cold: or vehement, or intense, cold. You say, أَخَذَتْهُ السَّوْرَةُ Intense cold seized him.
9 See also سُورَةٌ.

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