رَشَاشٌ

Root: رش

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رَشَاشٌ What is sprinkled, or scattered, of water, and the like, or of blood, and of tears, and the like, and of rain; (TA in art. طش;) what is scattered, or flies about, of blood.
2 [Hence the saying,] لَمْ يَدْخُلْ فِى الشَّرِّ وَأَصَابَهُ مِنْ رَشَاشِهِ [He did not enter into evil, or mischief, and yet somewhat thereof, or of its effects, befell him]. And أَلَحَّ بِنَا العُطَاشُ وَمَا نَالَنَا مِنْكَ إِلَّا الرَّشَاشُ [app. meaning Insatiable thirst, or desire, to hear from thee, or the like, remained in us, and there did not reach us from thee aught save a mere sprinkling; or perhaps, what was scattered abroad, of rumours, or the like]. [See also an ex. voce رَذَاذٌ.]

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