a verbal noun of the verb in the phrase غُشِىَعَلَيْهِ, (S, Mgh,) or the subst, thereof, (K,) or the verbal noun un. thereof [signifying A swoon]. (Msb.) See 1, last sentence.
2.
غَشْيَةُ المَوْتِ is The clouding (lit. covering) of the understanding that befalls a man on the occasion of death. (TA.)
3.
And غَشْيَةُ حُمَّى signifies A touch, or slight attack, of fever. (TA.)