حوى

2 تَحْوِيَةٌ حوى تحويه تحوية [inf. n. of حوّى] signifies The act of drawing together, or contracting: and the state of drawing together, or contracting; or being drawn together, or contracted; as also تَحَوٍّ [inf. n. of ↓ تحوّى]: (Lh, K:) or, in the opinion of ISd, تَحْوِيَةٌ has the former signification; and ↓ تَحَوٍّ, the latter. (TA.) A woman of the tribe of Kelb, being asked what she did in the rainy night, answered, أُحَوِّى نَفْسِى [ I draw myself together ]. (Lh, TA.) ― -b2- كَانَتْ تُحَوِّى وَرَاآءَهُ بِعَبَاآءَةٍ أَوْ كِسَاآءٍ, occurring in a trad. of Safeeyeh, means She used to wind an عباءة or a كساء round the hump of the camel, behind him, and then to ride upon it. (IAth. [See حَوِيَّةٌ.])