خوص

1 خَوِصَ خوص , aor. خَوَصَ , inf. n. خَوَصٌ, He (a man, S) had the eye sunk, or depressed: (S, K:) or the inf. n. signifies the eye's being narrow, or contracted, and sunk, or depressed: (Msb:) or its being small, and sunk, or depressed: (A:) or its being sunk, or depressed, and narrow, or contracted, and small: or one eye's being smaller than the other: or the eye's being narrow in the slit, naturally, or by reason of disease: or accord. to AM, all that they have related respecting this word is correct except narrowness of the eyes; for the Arabs, when they mean this, use the term حَوَصٌ, with [the unpointed] ح; but when they mean the eye's being sunk, or depressed, this they term خَوَصٌ, with [the pointed] خ: (TA:) and accord. to A 'Obeyd's relation on the authority of his companions, (TA,) [and accord. to Mtr also,] خَوِصَتْ عَيْنُهُ signifies his eye became sunk, or depressed; (Mgh, TA;) but حَوِصَتْ, “ it became narrow, or contracted. ” (Mgh.) ― -b2- Also خَوِصَتْ, inf. n. as above; and ↓ اخواصّت, inf. n. اِخْوِيصَاصٌ; She (a ewe) had one of her eyes black, and the other white. (AZ, TA.)