شَحَنَ
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, (S, L, Msb, K,) aorist
شَحَنَ
, verbal noun شَحْنٌ, (L, Msb,) He filled (S, L, Msb, K) a ship, (S, L, K,) or a house, or chamber, &c.: (Msb:) he filled, [or laded,] and completely equipped or furnished, a ship. (L.) And in like manner, It (i. e. what was in it) filled a ship. (L.) And, (S, L, K,) as also
اشحن, (K,) He filled a town or city (S, L, K) بِالخَيْلِ [with horsemen or the horsemen]. (S, L.)
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Also, (L, Msb, K,) aorist as above, (L,) and so the verbal noun, (L, Msb,) He drove away (L, Msb, K) a people, or party, (L,) or him. (Msb.) And (L) one says, مَرَّ يَشْحَنُهُمْ, (S, L,) verbal noun as above, (S,) He passed along driving them away, and pursuing them. (S, L.) AZ heard an Arab of the desert say, اِشْحَنْ عَنْكَ
فُلَانًا, meaning Remove thou, and put far away, from thee such a one. (L.) And one says of a thing that is intensely acid, إِنَّهُ يَشْحَنُ الذُّبَابَ i. e. Verily it drives away the flies. (TA.)
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شَحْنٌ also signifies The running vehemently. (L.) And شَحَنَ, He went far, or far away. (K.) And one says, شَحَنَتِ الكِلَابُ, (L,) [and شَحِنَت, as appears from what follows,] aorist تَشْحَنُ and تَشْحُنُ, (L, K,) like تَمْنَعُ and تَعْلَمُ and تَنْصُرُ, (K,) verbal noun شُحُونٌ, (L,) The dogs went far in pursuit without catching any prey, or game. (L, K.)