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فَشَغَهُ

Root: فشغ

Form: 1

Full Definition

فَشَغَهُI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun فَشْغٌ, It overspread it and covered it; as also فشّغهُ , Verbal.Noun تَفْشِيغٌ. And فَشَغَتْ said of the نَاصِيَة [or forelock ], and of the قُصَّة [which has the same, or a similar, meaning], It covered the eye. And فَشَغَ It was, or became, wide and spreading; as also انفشغ : and said of the غُرَّة [or blaze on a horse's forehead] is like فَشَغَتْ [signifying it was wide and spreading]. [See also 5.]
2 فَشَغَهُ بِالسَّوْطِ, Verbal.Noun as above, He set upon him, or assailed him, or struck him, with the whip, syn. عَلَاهُ بِهِ, and ضَرَبَهُ بِهِ; and بِالسَّوْطِ signifies in like manner he struck him with the whip; or so السَّوْطَ.
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