هَوْشَةٌ

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هَوْشَةٌ Conflict and faction, sedition, discord, or dissension: excitement: commotion, agitation, convulsion, tumult, or disturbance: and confusion: and هُوَاشَةٌ is like هَوْشَةٌ; or signifies war. You say, وَقَعَتْ هَوْشَةٌ فِى السُّوقِ [Conflict and faction, &c., happened in the market]. And it is said in a trad., إِيَّاكُمْ وَهَوْشَاتِ اللَّيْلِ وَهَوْشَاتِ الأَسْوَاقِ Beware ye of the misfortunes, calamities, or evil accidents, of night; and of the wrong courses, and trickery and robbery, of the markets. هَوَشَاتُ السُّوقِ, thus related by Th, but not explained by him, is thought by ISd to mean The confusion of the market, and the defrauding there practised in buying and selling. See also هَيْشَةٌ in two places.

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