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هَشِيشٌ

Root: هش

Full Definition

هَشِيشٌ Dry herbage, syn. هَشِيمٌ, for the horses of the people of الأَسْيَاف [app. meaning the shores of 'Omán] in particular.

def.2 See also هَشٌّ, in three places.
2 Also, A man who is niggardly towards his family, or others, with respect to food; syn. مُحْتِرٌ. [Thus it bears two contr. significations.]
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