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1 شَاصَ ذ , aor. يَشُوصُ (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K) and يَشَاصُ, in all its senses, (O, K,) inf. n. شَوْصٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) He set up a thing with his hand: (Msb, K:) or he put it into a state of commotion: (Msb:) or it signifies also he moved it violently from its place. (IDrd, K.) ― -b2- He rubbed a thing with his hand. (IAar, K.) ― -b3- He washed (A'Obeyd, S, Mgh, Msb, K) a thing, (Msb,) or anything: (A'Obeyd:) he cleansed (AO, S, K) a thing: (AO:) as, for instance, his mouth, with the سِوَاك [or toot-stick]: (S:) he rubbed and cleansed the teeth and the side of the mouth. (IAar.) You say شَاصَ فَاهُ He cleansed and washed his teeth, (Mgh,) بِالسِّوَاكِ [with the tooth-stick]. (Msb.) And شَاصَ أَسْنَانَهُ, (A,) or فَاهُ, (TA,) [or app., شَاصَ alone, accord. to the K,] He cleansed his teeth with the سِوَاك: (AA, K, TA:) or he did so by passing it across his teeth: (A, TA:) or from below upwards: (K, TA:) or by thrusting it into them, or between them: (TA:) and in like manner you say, فَاهُ ↓ اشاص , (TA,) inf. n. إِِشَاصَةٌ; (Fr, K, TA;) and فاه ↓ شوّص , (TA,) inf. n. تَشْوِيصٌ. (K, TA.) ― -b4- Also He chewed a سِوَاك [app. to separate the fibres at the end and so make it like a brush, to prepare it for cleaning his teeth with it]. (K, * TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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