استعوى كَلْبًا
1.
[He incited a dog to cry, or cry loudly, or to howl]. (Esh-Sháfi'ee, TA in article حمى.)
2.
And اِسْتَعْوَاهُمْ
He sought, or demanded, of them, aid, or succour: (K, TA:) or, according to the S, it means نَعَقَ بِهِمْ إِلَى الفِتْنَةِ [he urged them by clamour, or shouting, to conflict and faction, or the like]: (TA: [in one of my copies of the S, for إِذَا نَعَقَ بِهِمْ, the reading followed in the JM and PS as well as in the TA, I find اذا
يُغْوِيهِمْ, which is apparently a mistranscription: see also عَوَى إِلَى الفِتْنَةِ:]) according to Z, it means he desired, or demanded, of them, that they should cry, or cry loudly, behind him. (TA.)
3.
اِسْتَعْوَيْتُهُ
I desired, or demanded, of him, that he should twist hair, or a rope. (S.)