عُشٌّ

Root: عش

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عُشٌّ The nest of a bird, formed of what it collects together, of slender pieces of sticks, &c., or of fragments of sticks, in which it lays its eggs, in a tree, in the branches thereof; as also عَشٌّ : but if in a mountain, or a building, or a wall or the like, it is called وَكْرٌ, and وَكْنٌ; and if in the ground, أُفْحُوصٌ, and أُدْحِىٌّ: or the nest of a raven or other bird, upon a tree, when it is dense, or compact, and large: pl. [of pauc.] أَعْشَاشٌ and [of mult.] عِشَاشٌ and عِشَشَةٌ and عُشُوشٌ. [See also عُشْعُشٌ.] It is said in a prov., quoted in a خُطْبَة of El-Hajjáj, لَيْسَ هٰذَا بِعُشِّكِ فَٱدْرُجِى [ This is not thy nest, or] thou hast no right in this; therefore go thy way: addressed to him who alights in a place of abode not befitting him: or to him who raises himself above his rank: and to him who applies himself to a thing not of his business to do: and to him who is at case in an improper time; wherefore he is thus ordered to be diligent and in motion. And in another prov., تَلَمَّسْ أَعْشَاشَكَ Seek thou, or seek thou repeatedly, after pretexts, and [causes for] false accusation, in thy family and those belonging to thee: [not in others: ] nearly like the former proverb. [In the CK, تَلَمَّسَ is erroneously put for تَلَمَّسْ.]

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