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قشعر

Q. 4 إِِقْشَعَرَّ ذ , said of the skin, (S, K,) It quaked; shuddered; was, or became, affected by a tremor, quaking, or quivering. (K.) [And in like manner said of a man, (see the part. n., below,) i. e. He quaked, or shuddered.] ― -b2- It (the skin) dried up (قَفَّ) by reason of mange, or scab. (TA.) ― -b3- إِِقْشَعَرَّتِ الأَرْضُ The earth became of a colour inclining to that of dust, or ashes, (إِِرْبَدَّت,) and contracted, by reason of drought. (TA.) ― -b4- اقشعرّت السَّنَةُ (tropical:) The year became one of drought. (K, * TA:) أَخَذَتْهُ قُشَعْرِيرَةٌ ذ (S, K) A tremor, quaking, or quivering, of the skin seized him. (K.) قُشَاعِرٌ ذ Rough to the touch; خَشِنُ المَسِّ: (K, accord. to the TA:) or rough, and advanced in years; خَشِنٌ مُسِنٌّ, with the art. الخَشِنُ المُسِنُّ. (CK, and a MS. copy of the K.) مُقْشَعِرٌّ ذ , applied to a man, [Having a quaking or shuddering of the skin,] has for its pl. قَشَاعِرُ, without the م because it is augmentative. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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