طَعْنٌ شَزْرٌ

1.
A thrusting, or piercing, from the right and from the left: (S, M, TA:) or with the right hand and the left. (TA.)
2.
فَتْلٌ شَزْرٌ A twisting upwards, contrarily to the manner in which the spindle [usually] turns. (S.) [See 1.]
3.
غَزْلٌ شَزْرٌ Spun thread [apparently twisted in a manner the reverse of that which is usual: (see 1; and see also رَدْنٌ:) or] that is uneven. (K.)
4.
طَحَنَ بِالرَّحَى شَزْرًا, [in which شَزْرًا appears to be a verbal noun, though its verb is not mentioned,] He ground with the hand-mill turning it from his right: [i. e., making it to revolve in the same course as do the hands of a watch:] (S, A, K: *) the contrary [which is the common way] is termed بَتًّا (A, TA.)
5.
And مَا زَالَ شَزْرًا He ceased not to be taking the wrong way. (IAar, TA.)
6.
شَزْرٌ also signifies Difficulty (K) in an affair. (TA.)

Perseus ID: n22292