حشى

حَشًى ذ , [in some copies of the S written with a final ا (see حَشًا in art. حشو,)] The contents of the ribs; or what the ribs enclose: (S:) or the contents of the belly, below the حِجَاب [or diaphragm ], consisting of the liver and the spleen and the كَرِش [or stomach, properly that of a ruminant, but also applied to that of a man,] and what succeeds to this: or the portion between the shortest rib, which is in the extremity of the side, and the hip, or haunch: or the exterior of the belly: (K: [in the CK, او ظاهِرِ البَطْنِ is erroneously put for او ظاهِرُ البَطْنِ:]) and, accord. to the copies of the K, the حِضْن: [in the CK, والحِضْنِ:] but correctly, the خَضْر [or waist ]: (TA:) the dual is حَشَيَانِ, (Az, TA,) and the dual of حَشًا is حَشَوَانِ: (TA in art. حشو:) and the pl. [of both these sings.] is أَحْشَاآءٌ [generally meaning the bowels, or intestines ]. (S, TA.) [It is often used as meaning The belly: and the waist. ] You say رَجُلٌ خَمِيصُ الحَشَى A man lank in the belly. (S and K in art. خمص.) And هُوَ لَطِيفُ الحَشَى He is slender in the waist: and of a woman, هِىَ ضَامِرَةُ الحَشَى: and of women, هُنَّ ضَوَامِرُ الأَحْشَاآءِ. (TA.) ― -b2- A side, quarter, region, or tract: (S, K:) a vicinage, or neighbourhood: shelter, or protection. (Z, K, * TA.) You say, أَنَا فِى حَشَاهُ I am in his quarter, vicinage, or protection: (Z, K:) [see also حَشًا, in art. حشو:] and ↓ هٰؤُلَاآءِ حَاشِيَتَهُ These are in his quarter, or vicinage, and shadow, or protection. (TA.) -A2- Also inf. n. of حَشِىَ [q. v.]. (S, * K.)