عوذ

عَوَذٌ ذ : see مَعَاذٌ, in two places. ― -b2- Also A tree, or some other thing, beneath which, or in which, one takes refuge, or shelter. (L.) ― -b3- A thing, such as a stone, or trunk of a tree, surrounded by things blown against it and around it by the wind. (T, L.) ― -b4- Fallen leaves; (AHn, L, K:) so called because they shelter themselves against any rising thing, such as a building or a sand-hill or a mountain. (AHn, L.) ― -b5- Vile, or ignoble, persons; or the worse or viler, or the worst or vilest, of mankind. (IAar, L, K.) -A2- أَفْلَتَ فُلَانٌ مِنْهُ عَوَذًا [ Such a one escaped from him without being beaten; or without being killed, though beaten; ] is said when one has frightened the other; but not beaten him; (S, O, L, K; *) or beaten him, desiring to kill him, but not killed him. (S, O, L.) ― -b2- And مَا تَرَكْتُهُ اـِلَّا عَوَذًا مِنْهُ means I left him not save from dislike, or hatred, of him; as also منه ↓ عَوَاذًا. (S, O, L.)