وَشْوَاشٌ

Root: وش

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وَشْوَاشٌ Light, active, or agile; applied to a man; and to an ostrich; and so applied to a she-camel; or this last, so applied, signifies quick, and light or active or agile; and so وَشْوَاشٌ applied to a he-camel; and وَشْوَشٌ applied to a he-camel and to a man. You say also, رَجُلٌ الذِّرَاعِ, meaning, نشَنَشِييُّهُ, i. e., A man slender in the [fore] arm, and light, or active, in work.

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