حَرْوَةٌ
Root: حرو
Full Definition
حَرْوَةٌ
A burning which a man experiences in the fauces (الحَلْق) and the chest and the head, by reason of anger, wrath, or rage, and of pain. — Acritude of food, or in the taste of mustard and the like; as also
حَرَاوَةٌ . You say, إِنِّى لَأَجِدُ لِهٰذَا الطَّعَامِ حَرْوَةً and
Verily I find that this food has an acrid quality, or a burning quality. [See also حِرَّةٌ, and حَرَارَةٌ.] And one says, لِهْذَا الكُحْلِ حَرَاوَةٌ فِى العَيْنِ [This collyrium has a burning effect in the eye]. — A disagreeable odour, that has a sharpness, or pungency, in the
خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose].
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