وِشَاحٌ

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وِشَاحٌ and وُشَاحٌ, also written and أُشَاحٌ, and by poetic licence , An ornament worn by women, [consisting of] two series (كِرْسَانِ) of pearls and jewels strung or put together in regular order, which two series are disposed, or placed, contrariwise, (يُخَالَفُ بَيْنَهُمَا,) one of them being turned (مَعْطُوف) over the other [so that they cross each other]: or a thing woven of leather, and adorned with jewels, like a قِلَادَة, worn by a woman: or a wide [piece, or thing, of] leather, or a thing woven of leather, in a wide, or broad, form, and adorned with jewels, which a woman binds (تَشُدُّهُ) between her shoulders and her flanks: or a قِلَادَة of the belly, which is sometimes long, so that the redundant portions of its two extremities are thrown over the shoulders: or one of a pair of necklaces which a woman makes to hang down upon her sides; one upon her right side, and the other upon her left: [hence it seems to be of different kinds; one kind consisting of two ornaments resembling necklaces, one of which rests upon the right shoulder and against the left flank, the other resting upon the left shoulder and against the right flank; another kind seems, from an expression in the A, “ a woman bearing a وِشَاح, and وِشَاحَيْنِ, ” to be one such ornament; another, an ornament resembling a necklace, thrown over the head, so as to rest upon the shoulders, crossing in front, and passing round the loins, and is tied or crossed in front, and of which the redundant portions are thrown over the shoulders: see also كَشْحٌ:] pl. وُشُحٌ and أَوْشِحَةٌ and وَشَائِحُ: the last thought by ISd to be formed as though from وشاحة.
2 Lebeed says: وَلَقَدْ حَمَيْتُ الحَىَّ تَحْمِلُ شِكِّتِى فُرُطٌ وِشَاحِى إِذْ غَدَوْتُ لِجَامُهَا [And I have protected the tribe; a swift, outstripping, horse, whose bit and bridle were my وِشَاح when I went away, bearing my arms: see توشّح بلجامه]: he relates his having gone forth as a scout for his people, mounted on his camel, with his horse by his side, and bearing its bit and bridle like a وشاح, so that he might bit the horse if he perceived the enemy.
3 وِشَاحٌ A bow: [so called because of the manner in which it is worn].
4 وِشَاحٌ and وِشَاحَةٌ A sword: so called because of the manner in which it is worn: see 5.
5 هِىَ غَرْثَى الوِشَاحِ, [and عَطْشَى الوِشَاحِ, or عَطِشَةُ الوِشَاحِ, and جَائِعَةُ الوشاح,] She is slender in the belly and flanks. [See also art. غرث.]

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