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شَيْحَانُ ذ [and probably with tenween also]: see شِيحٌ. ― -b2- Also Very jealous; (S, O, K;) because such is cautious for his wives, or women under covert, or household or family; (S, O;) and so ↓ شَائِحٌ . (K.) ― -b3- Also, (O, K,) and ↓ شِيحَانٌ , (As, O, K,) Tall: (O, K:) or goodly in tallness. (L.) ― -b4- And the former, That makes, or utters, a low sound in running; [so I render يَتَهَمَّسُ عَدْوًا in the K and TA; in the O and in my MS. copy of the K, يَتَهَمَّشُ; but the former I think the right reading; app. by reason of quickness, or swiftness; for it is added,] quickness, or swiftness, is meant thereby: (O, TA: *) mentioned by Az, on the authority of Khálid Ibn-Jembeh. (TA.) [In this sense it seems to be with tenween: for] شَيْحَانَةٌ [is its fem. and] means A quick, or swift, she-camel. (S, O.) ― -b5- Also A horse strong in spirit; syn. شَدِيدُ النَّفْسِ; (O, K, TA; in the CK, النَّفَسِ [i. e. in breath];) and so ↓ شِيحَانٌ : thus expl. by Skr. (O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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