عَوَذٌ

Also A tree, or some other thing, beneath which, or in which, one takes refuge, or shelter. (L.)

A thing, such as a stone, or trunk of a tree, surrounded by things blown against it and around it by the wind. (T, L.)

Fallen leaves; (AHn, L, K:) so called because they shelter themselves against any rising thing, such as a building or a sand-hill or a mountain. (AHn, L.)

Vile, or ignoble, persons; or the worse or viler, or the worst or vilest, of mankind. (IAar, L, K.)

أَفْلَتَ فُلَانٌ مِنْهُ عَوَذًا [Such a one escaped from him without being beaten; or without being killed, though beaten;] is said when one has frightened the other; but not beaten him; (S, O, L, K; *) or beaten him, desiring to kill him, but not killed him. (S, O, L.)

And مَا تَرَكْتُهُ إِلَّا عَوَذًا مِنْهُ means I left him not save from dislike, or hatred, of him; as also منه عَوَاذًا. (S, O, L.)