حوص

أَحْوَصُ ذ A man having in his eye, or eyes, what is termed حَوَصٌ [as explained above]: (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K:) or having a narrowness, or contraction, in his eyes: (Az, TA:) fem. حَوْصَاآءُ: (S, Msb:) pl., when it is used as an epithet, حُوصٌ; but when it is used as a [proper] name, أَحَاوِصُ: (Msb:) and ↓ حَوَصٌ, for ذَوُو حَوَصٍ, is used as syn. with حُوصٌ, meaning having small eyes. (IAar.) The fem. is also applied to the eye itself, (A, TA,) signifying, Narrow in its slit, whether it be sunken or prominent. (TA.) ― -b2- For another application of the fem., see حَائِصٌ. ― -b3- بِئْرٌ حَوْصَاآءُ (tropical:) A narrow well. (A, TA. *)