أَزْوَرُ
Root: زور
Full Definition
أَزْوَرُ
Inclining; crooked; wry; distorted: [fem. زَوْرَآءُ:] pl. زُورٌ.
2 Having that kind of distortion in the زَوْر which is termed زَوَرٌ.
3 A dog whose breast (جَوْشَنُ) صَدْرِهِ) is narrow, and the كَلْكَل [app. meaning the part between the two collar-bones] projecting, as though his, or its, sides had been squeezed.
4 A wry neck.
5 [A beast] that looks from the outer angles of his eyes by reason of his vehemence and sharpness of temper: (TA: [see also زَوْرٌ:]) or a camel that goes with an inclination towards one side, when his pace is vehement, though without any distortion in his chest. [See also زِوَرٌّ. Hence, app.,] الزَّوْرَآءُ is a name of Certain camels (مَال) that
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def.2 Also زَوْرَآءُ [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates]
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def.3 هُوَ أَزْوَرُ عَنْ مَقَامِ الذُّلِّ
2 Having that kind of distortion in the زَوْر which is termed زَوَرٌ.
3 A dog whose breast (جَوْشَنُ) صَدْرِهِ) is narrow, and the كَلْكَل [app. meaning the part between the two collar-bones] projecting, as though his, or its, sides had been squeezed.
4 A wry neck.
5 [A beast] that looks from the outer angles of his eyes by reason of his vehemence and sharpness of temper: (TA: [see also زَوْرٌ:]) or a camel that goes with an inclination towards one side, when his pace is vehement, though without any distortion in his chest. [See also زِوَرٌّ. Hence, app.,] الزَّوْرَآءُ is a name of Certain camels (مَال) that
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def.2 Also زَوْرَآءُ [as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates]
2 And
def.3 هُوَ أَزْوَرُ عَنْ مَقَامِ الذُّلِّ
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