عور

مُسْتَعَارٌ ذ [ Borrowed; or asked, demanded, or sought, as a loan; ] pass. part. n. of 10 as used in the phrase اِسْتَعَارَهُ ثَوْبًا [q. v.] so in the following verse of Bishr (S, O) Ibn-Abee-Házim, describing a horse: (O:) كَأَنَّ حَفِيفَ مَنْخِرِهِ اـِذَا مَا كَتَمْنَ الرَّبْوُ كِيرٌ مُسْتَعَارُ [ As though the sound of the wind of his nostril, when they (i. e. other horses) suppressed loud breathing, were the sound of the wind of a borrowed blacksmith's bellows ]: or, as some say, مستعار here means مُتَعَاوَرٌ i. e. مُتَدَاوَلٌ [app. worked by turns ]: (S, O:) he means that his nostril was wide, not suppressing the loud breathing, when other beasts suppressed the breath by reason of the narrowness of the place of exit thereof. (S in art. كتم.) ― -b2- [And hence, (tropical:) A word, or phrase, used metaphorically. ]