حَشْرٌ

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حَشْرٌ Anything thin, or slender, or elegant. You say أُذُنُ حَشْرٌ A thin, or an elegant, ear; as though it were pared, and made sharp: or small, elegant, and round: or thin at the end: or sharp-pointed: and the epithet is the same for the dual also and the pl.: [J says that] it does not admit the dual form nor the pl., because it is originally an Verbal.Noun, and the expression above mentioned is like مَآءٌ غَوْرٌ and مَآءٌ سَكْبٌ: but اذن حَشْرَةٌ is sometimes said: and the pl. حُشُورٌ occurs in a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abee-'Áïdh: and you also say اذن. حَشْرٌ is also applied in the same sense as an epithet to other things. You say قُذَّةٌ حَشْرٌ A thin, or an elegant, feather of an arrow; as though it were pared: or sharp-pointed. Also سِنَانٌ حَشْرٌ A thin, or slender, spear-head: or sharp, or sharp-pointed: and سِكِّينٌ حَشْرٌ in like manner: and حَرْبَةٌ حَشْرَةٌ: and سَهْمٌ حَشْرٌ, and سِهَامٌ حُشْرٌ: like جَوْنٌ and جُونٌ, and وَرْدٌ and وُرْدٌ: or سَهْمٌ حَشْرٌ signifies an arrow having straight, or even, feathers; and so سهم مَحْشُورٌ ; and حَشِرٌ , of the same measure as كَتِفٌ, an arrow having good feathers attached to it. You also say بَعِيرٌ حَشْرُ الأُذُنِ A camel having a thin, or an elegant, ear.

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