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عُرَوَآءُ

Root: عرو

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عُرَوَآءُ A tremour, or shivering: (Mz, 40th نوع:) or the access of a fever, on the occasion of the first tremour, or shivering, thereof.
2 [And accord. to Freytag, it occurs in the Deewán of the Hudhalees as meaning The coming of a hero, and the tremour thence arising in others.
3 And A feeling of yearning, or longing:] see 1, last sentence but one.
4 And The low voice (syn. حِسّ) of the lion.
5 And The interval from the sun's becoming yellow to the night, when cold wind springs up, i. e., the north, or northerly, wind.
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