عَثْوَةٌ

A long لِمَّة [or quantity of hair descending below the ear or to the shoulder]: (K:) plural عُثًى, like رُبًى; (so in some copies of the K;) or عُثَّى, like رُبَّى; (so in other copies;) or عِثًى; like رِبًى; (so in my MS. copy of the K; [apparently taken from the TA; the first of which (i. e. عُثًى) I hold to be the right; (see the paragraph next preceding this;) though SM says what here follows;]) it is correctly عِثى, like إِلى; agreeably with what is said in the M, i. e. that العِثَى signifies اللِّمَمُ الطِّوَالُ. (TA.)