Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

وَصْوَاصٌ

Root: وص

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وَصْوَاصٌ : see وَصْوَصٌ.
2 A small بُرْقُع [a kind of face-veil]: pl وَصَاوِصُ signifying small بَرَاقِع worn by a girl.
3 بُرْقُعٌ وَصْوَاصٌ A بُرْقُع that is contracted [so as to show nothing but the eyes].


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