حصو ند حصى

حَصًى حص حصى حصي Pebbles, or small stones: (K:) things that one throws, like the dung of sheep or goats: (ISh, TA:) n. un. حَصَاةٌ: (S, Msb, K:) pl. حَصَيَاتٌ (S, K) and حُصَىٌّ (K) and حِصِىٌّ, thus, also, in [some of] the copies of the K. (TA.) [Hence,] طَرْقُ الحَصَى [ Pessomancy; also termed الضَّرْبُ بِالحَصَى;] a certain kind of divination. (Har p. 655.) And بَيْعُ الحَصَاةِ The bargaining by one of the two persons' saying, When I throw the pebble to thee, the sale is binding, or settled, or concluded: or by his saying, I sell to thee, of the commodities, that upon which thy pebble shall fall when thou throwest it: or I sell to thee the portion of the land extending to the place which thy pebble shall reach: all of which practices are forbidden. (TA. [See also 3 in art. نبذ.]) And حَصَاةُ القَسْمِ A pebble which is put into a vessel, into which is then poured as much water as will cover it; this being done when they are journeying and have but little water, which they thus apportion. (K in art. قسم.) ― -b2- حَصَى لُبَانٍ is a vulgar term for عَسَلُ اللَّبْنَى, (K in art. عسل,) i. e. المَيْعَةُ [generally applied to Storax, or styrax ], which is sometimes used for fumigation. (TA in art. لبن.) [In the present day, pronounced حَصَى لِبَان, and applied to Frankincense: or the coarser tears thereof; manna thuris. Also to The officinal rosemary; rosmarinus officinalis. ] -A2- A number: (S, K:) or a great number; (K;) as being likened to the pebbles in multitude. (TA.) You say, نَحْنْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْهُمْ حَصًى We are more than they in number. (S.)