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شَحْوَةٌ ذ A step, pace, or single act of stepping or pacing. (S, K.) One says, فَرَسٌ بَعِيدُ الشَّحْوَةِ A horse having a far extent of step: (S, TA:) and رَغِيبُ الشَّحْوَةِ (S in art. رغب) a horse wide of step; that takes a large space of ground with his legs. (TA: but there, الشَّحْوِ [which is the inf. n.].) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَجُلٌ بَعِيدُ الشَّحْوَةِ فِى مَقَاصِدِهِ (tropical:) [A man who strides along in his pursuits]. (TA.) ― -b3- And إِِنَآءٌ وَاسِعُ الشَّحْوَةِ i. e. (tropical:) [A vessel wide] in the interior. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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