و • ش • ى

, inf. n. وَشْىٌ, He variegated, or figured, a piece of cloth, or a garment; (Mgh, Msb, * K;) and embellished it. (K.) وَشَى بِهِ إِلَى السُّلْطَانِ, (S, K,) or عِنْدَ السُّلْطَانِ, (Msb,) He calumniated, or misrepresented, him to the Sultán. (S, Msb, K.)

Any colour differing from the main colour of a horse, &c.; a colour differing from the rest, (S,) or from that which generally pervades a thing. لَا شِيَةَ فِيهِ It is of one generally pervading colour, in which is no other colour. شِيَةٌ [also] A mark, sign, symptom, or token, by which a thing is known; syn. عَلَامَةٌ; (Msb;) and مَخِيلَةٌ, which see.

[A saying misrepresented]. (TA in art. قت, in an explanation of قَوْلٌ مَقْتُوتٌ.) مَوْشِىٌّ is used by Aboo-Dhu-eyb to signify A musical reed-pipe. (TA, art. نوب.)

rel. n. of شِيَةٌ, the rad. و being restored; (S in the present art.;) and so ↓ شِيَوِىٌّ, like عِدَوِىٌّ [of عِدَةٌ]. (S in art. وعد.)

, originally an inf. n., A kind of variegated, or figured, cloth, or garment. (Mgh, Msb. *) وَشْىٌ The variegation, figured work, or figuring, of a garment; making it partycoloured. وَشى sometimes signifies A natural diversity of colours: see رُمْلَةٌ. وَشْىٌ of a sword: see فِرِنْدٌ.