Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ز

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زَوْرٌ ذ : see زَائِرٌ, in three places. ― -b2- Also A camel having the hump inclining. (TA.) ― -b3- And, with ة, A she-camel that looks from the outer angle of her eye, by reason of her vehemence and sharpness of temper: (K, * TA: [see زَوْرَةٌ below: and see also أَزْوَرُ:]) and a strong and thick she-camel. (TA.) ― -b4- And فَلَاةٌ زَوْرَةٌ A desert not of moderate extent, or not easy to traverse. (TA.) -A2- The direction of a person to whom one repairs. (B.) ― -b2- The breast, or chest: (TA:) or its upper, or uppermost, part: (S, A, Mgh:) in a horse, narrowness in this part is approved, and width in the لَبَان; as the poet 'Abd-Allah Ibn-Suleymeh says, making a distinction between these two parts: (S:) or its middle: or the elevated part of it, to the shoulder-blades: or the part where the extremities of the breast-bones meet together: (K:) or the whole of the breast of the camel: pl. أَزْوَارٌ. (TA.) Hence, بَنَاتُ الزَّوْرِ The ribs and other parts around the breast. (TA.) [Hence also, app. from the action of the camel when he lies down,] أَلْقَى زَوْرَهُ (tropical:) [lit. He threw his breast upon the ground;] he remained, stayed, or abode. (A.) ― -b3- The lord, or chief, of a people; (K, * TA;) as also ↓ زُورٌ (Sh, K) and ↓ زُوَيْرٌ (IAar, S, K) and ↓ زَوِيرٌ (TA, as from the K, [in a copy of which SM appears to have found كَالزَّوِيرِ وَالزُّوَيْرِ كَزُبَيْرٍ وَخِدَبٍّ, instead of كَالزُّوَيْرِ وَالزِّوَرِّ الخ,]) and ↓ زِوَرٌّ . (K, TA.) -A3- Determination: (T, M:) or strength of determination. (K.) ― -b2- See also زُورٌ -A4- A palm-branch, or straight and slender palm-branch, from which the leaves have been stripped off: (Sgh, K, TA:) of the dial. of El-Yemen. (Sgh, TA.) -A5- Stone which appears to a person digging a well, and which, being unable to break it, he leaves apparent: (K:) or, as some say, a mass of rock, in an absolute sense. (TA.)