حوط

حَوْطٌ حوط A twisted string of two colours, black and red, (IAar, K,) called بَرِيم, (IAar,) upon which are beads and a crescent of silver, which a woman binds upon her waist, [ and which is bound upon a boy, (see 1,)] in order that the evil eye may not smite her [or him ]: (IAar, K:) and also the crescent above mentioned; as well as the string with it. (TA.) [See also تَحْوِيطَةٌ.]