وَصْوَصٌ
Root: وص
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وَصْوَصٌ
, or
وَصْوَاصٌ , or both, the latter on the authority of Lth, A hole in a veil or the like, of the size of the eye, through which one looks. And وَصَاوِصُ, [the pl. of the former, or of either,] The narrow parts of the apertures for the eyes of a
بُرْقُع [a kind of woman's face-veil]; as also وَصَائِصُ.
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