وَقَصٌ

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وَقَصٌ Fragments, or broken pieces, of sticks, which are thrown upon, or into, a fire: or small pieces of fire-wood with which a fire is made to burn more vehemently; as also وَقَشٌ: so, says Aboo-Turáb, I heard Mubtekir say.

def.2 Also, sing. of أَوْقَاصٌ, as used in relation to the [tax called صَدَقَة; signifying What is between one فِرِيضَة and the next فَرِيضَة: as, for instance, when camels amount in number to five, one sheep or goat is to be given for them; and nothing is to be given for such as exceed that number until they amount to ten: thus, what is between the five and the ten is termed وَقَصٌ: sometimes pronounced وَقْصٌ : and in like manner, شَنَقٌ: or وقص relates to bulls and cows particularly, or to these and to sheep and goats, and شنق [q. v.] to camels: both signifying what is between one فريضة and the next: or, accord. to Aboo-'Amr, i. e. Esh-Sheybánee, وَقَصٌ signifies camels for which it is incumbent to give sheep or goats in payment of the صَدَقَة, when the camels are between five and twenty in number; but some disapprove of this: accord. to IB, it signifies sheep or goats taken in payment of the صَدَقَة for camels.

def.3 You also say, صَارُوا أَوْقَاصًا They became scattered, or dispersed: and أَتَانَا أَوْقَاصٌ مِنْ بَنِى فُلَانٍ There came to us separate portions of the tribe of the sons of such a one: اوقاص in these cases being a pl., [namely of وَقَصٌ,] like أَسْبَابٌ, pl. of سَبَبٌ.

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