شَزْرٌ
Root: شزر
Full Definition
شَزْرٌ
A thrusting, or piercing, from the right and from the left: or with the right hand and the left.
2 فَتْلٌ شَزْرٌ A twisting upwards, contrarily to the manner in which the spindle [usually] turns. [See 1.]
3 غَزْلٌ شَزْرٌ Spun thread [app. twisted in a manner the reverse of that which is usual: (see 1; and see also رَدْنٌ:) or] that is uneven.
4 طَحَنَ بِالرَّحَى شَزْرًا, [in which شَزْرًا appears to be an Verbal.Noun, though its verb is not mentioned,] He ground with the hand-mill turning it from his right: [i. e., making it to revolve in the same course as do the hands of a watch:] the contrary [which is the common way] is termed بَتًّا
5 And مَا زَالَ شَزْرًا He ceased not to be taking the wrong way.
def.2 شَزْرٌ also signifies Difficulty in an affair.
2 فَتْلٌ شَزْرٌ A twisting upwards, contrarily to the manner in which the spindle [usually] turns. [See 1.]
3 غَزْلٌ شَزْرٌ Spun thread [app. twisted in a manner the reverse of that which is usual: (see 1; and see also رَدْنٌ:) or] that is uneven.
4 طَحَنَ بِالرَّحَى شَزْرًا, [in which شَزْرًا appears to be an Verbal.Noun, though its verb is not mentioned,] He ground with the hand-mill turning it from his right: [i. e., making it to revolve in the same course as do the hands of a watch:] the contrary [which is the common way] is termed بَتًّا
5 And مَا زَالَ شَزْرًا He ceased not to be taking the wrong way.
def.2 شَزْرٌ also signifies Difficulty in an affair.
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