شَوِلٌ ذ One that raises a thing. (TA. [See also شَائِلٌ.]) ― -b2- And A man light, active, or agile, (خَفِيفٌ,) in work, and in service, (S, O, K,) and in respect of what is wanted; and quick: (K:) thus in a verse of El-Aashà: (O, TA:) [but accord. to the reading of AO of that verse, it is ↓ شُوُلٌ , which has a similar, but intensive, meaning. (De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., 2nd ed., ii. 484-5.) See also what next follows.]
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