شَأْوٌ
Root: شأو
Full Definition
شَأْوٌ
The utmost extent, term, limit, point, reach, or goal.
2 And A heat, or single run to a goal or limit: so in the saying, عَدَا شَأْوًا or جَرَى شَأْوًا [He ran a heat].
3 And i. q. هِمَّةٌ: thus in the saying, إِنَّهُ لَبَعِيدُ الشَّأْوِ
def.2 Also A [basket such as is termed] زَبِيل; and so مِشْآةٌ : or in which the earth of a well is taken forth; of the measure of مِشْعَاةٌ; and the pl. is مَشَآءٍ: and شَأْوٌ signifies, or signifies also, the earth that is taken forth from a well with the like of the مِشْآة, or such as fills the مشْآة: a زَبِيل of the earth of a well.
2 And hence, i. e. as being likened to a زبيل of the earth of a well,
def.3 Also The nose-rein (زِمَام) of a she-camel.
2 And A heat, or single run to a goal or limit: so in the saying, عَدَا شَأْوًا or جَرَى شَأْوًا [He ran a heat].
3 And i. q. هِمَّةٌ: thus in the saying, إِنَّهُ لَبَعِيدُ الشَّأْوِ
def.2 Also A [basket such as is termed] زَبِيل; and so مِشْآةٌ : or in which the earth of a well is taken forth; of the measure of مِشْعَاةٌ; and the pl. is مَشَآءٍ: and شَأْوٌ signifies, or signifies also, the earth that is taken forth from a well with the like of the مِشْآة, or such as fills the مشْآة: a زَبِيل of the earth of a well.
2 And hence, i. e. as being likened to a زبيل of the earth of a well,
def.3 Also The nose-rein (زِمَام) of a she-camel.
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