عو

10 استعوى كَلْبًا ذ [ He incited a dog to cry, or cry loudly, or to howl ]. (Esh-Sháfi'ee, TA in art. حمى.) ― -b2- And اِسْتَعْوَاهُمْ He sought, or demanded, of them, aid, or succour: (K, TA:) or, accord. to the S, it means نَعَقَ بِهِمْ اـِلَى الفِتْنَةِ [ he urged them by clamour, or shouting, to conflict and faction, or the like ]: (TA: [in one of my copies of the S, for اـِذَا نَعَقَ بِهِمْ, the reading followed in the JM and PS as well as in the TA, I find اذا يُغْوِيهِمْ, which is app. a mistranscription: see also عَوَى اـِلَى الفِتْنَةِ:]) accord. to Z, it means he desired, or demanded, of them, that they should cry, or cry loudly, behind him. (TA.) -A2- اِسْتَعْوَيْتُهُ I desired, or demanded, of him, that he should twist hair, or a rope. (S.)