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Multiple Lane's Lexicon entries share the spelling عوص, distinguished by diacritics. Select the entry that matches the word you're looking for.

• عَوِصَ Form 1

  عَوِصَI , Present.T يَعْوَصُ; and عَاصَ, Present.T يَعَاصُ; Verbal.Noun عَوَصٌ and عِيَاصٌ; (A, O, K; [and accord. to the CK عَيْصٌ also, but this I do not find elsewhere,]) It was, or became, difficult; syn. اِشْتَدَّ, …

• عوّص Form 2

  عوّصII , Verbal.Noun تَعْوِيصٌ, He put forth, or proposed, a verse difficult to be explained, or understood. [See also 4.] 2 He did not pursue a right course in saying nor in acting.…

• عَوَصٌ

  عَوَصٌ [Verbal.Noun of 1]: see عَوِيصٌ.…