و ش ب
Nouns and adjectives
Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries-
وَشْبٌ Fleshy
[app. meaning Fleshy] is from the expression تَمْرَةٌ وَشْبَةٌ, (in one copy of the K, وَشْبَاءُ, TA,) A date having a thick لِحَآء [i. e. pulp, or flesh]. (K.) Of the dial. of El-Yemen. (TA.) -
وِشْبٌ A medley, or mixed multitude
sing. of أَوْشَابٌ, (K,) which is the same as أَوْبَاشٌ (S, K) and أَشْوَابٌ, (TA,) [but see this last word, in art. شوب,] and signifies, A medley, or mixed multitude; (K;) or sundry, or separate sorts of people; (S;) and young men of the baser sort. (TA.) A term of dispraise only. (Marg. note in a copy of the S.)
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