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أَشَبٌ ذ inf. n. of أَشِبَ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] Confusedness; dubiousness: so in the saying, ضَرَبَتْ فِيهِ فُلَانَةُ بِعِرْقٍ ذِى أَشَبٍ i. e. ذِى ا@لْتِبَاسٍ. (S.) See art. ضرب ― -b3- Also An abundance of trees. (TA.) In a trad. of Ibn-Umm-Mektoom, إِِنِّى رَجُلٌ ضَرِيرٌ بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنَكَ أَشَبٌ فَرَخِّصْ لِى فِي العِشَآءِ وَالفَجْرِ means Verily I am a blind man, [and] between me and thee are palm-trees confusedly disposed; therefore grant thou me indulgence with respect to [coming to thee to perform the prayers of] the nightfall and the daybreak. (K, * MF, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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