هَيْشَةٌ
1.
i. q.
هَوْشَةٌ; (S, K;) Conflict and faction, sedition, discord, or dissension. (JK, K.) It is said in a tradition, (TA,) لَيْسَ فِى الهَيْشَاتِ قَوَدٌ, (K, TA,) or, according to one relation, فى الهَوْشَاتِ, (TA,) There is no retaliation for one slain in cases of conflict and faction, &c., when the slayer is unknown. (K, TA.) And هَيْشَات in the phrases هَيْشَاتُ اللَّيْلِ and هَيْشَاتُ الَأَسْوَاقِ is like هَوْشَات. (TA.)
2.
A company of men: (JK, S:) or a mixed, or confused, company. (K.)