نُوَاسٌ

1.
A [lock of hair such as is called] ذُوءَابَة, that moves to and fro: (K, in explanation of ذُو نُوَاسٍ the name of a king of El-Yemen:) or نُوَاسَةٌ has this signification: (A:) [the former, therefore, is a coll. gen. n., and this is indicated in the S; and the latter is its n. un.:] and نَوَسَاتٌ signifies i. q. ذَوَايءِبُ, [plural of ذُوءَابَةٌ,] because they move about much. (TA.)
2.
What hangs to the roof, (M, A, &c. [a signification assigned in the K to نَاسٌ, probably through the careless omission of the word النُّوَاسُ by an early transcriber,] consisting of smoke, (A, TA,) [or soot,] &c. (TA,) The word in the T and O, as well as in the A [and M], is نُوَاسٌ. (TA.)
3.
The web of a spider: because of its fluttering. (M.)

Perseus ID: n40746