حوض
1 حَاضَ المَآءَ, (A, K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. حَوْضٌ, (TA,) He collected the water: (A, K:) and, as also ↓ حَوَّضَهُ, inf. n. تَحْوِيضٌ, he guarded it, or took care of it: (TA:) and ↓ the latter, he made for it a حَوْض [q. v.], or place in which to collect. (TA.) b2: Also حَاضَ, (S, TA,) or حَاضَ حَوْضًا, (A, K, [unless by this be meant that حَوْضٌ is the inf. n.,]) aor. as above, (S, TA,) and so the inf. n., (S,) He made a حَوْض; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ حوّض, inf. n. as above; (TA;) and ↓ احتاض, inf. n. اِحْتِيَاضٌ. (Th, TA.) You say, لِإِبِلِهِ ↓ حوّض [He made a حَوْض for his camels]: and also حِيَاضًا ↓ تحوّضوا [They made حياض, pl. of حَوْضٌ]. (A.) 2 حَوَّضَ see 1, in four places. b2: أَنَا أُحَوِّضُ حَوْلَ ذٰلِكَ الأَمْرِ (tropical:) I have within my compass, or power, and care, that thing, or affair; expl. by أَدُورُ حَوْلَهُ: (S, A, O, L, K: *) like أَحَوِّطُ: mentioned by Yaakoob: from مُحَوَّضٌ, explained below: (S:) in the K, [هٰذَا is put in the place of ذلك, and]لَكَ is erroneously put for حول. (TA.) You say also, فُلَانٌ يَحَوِّضُ حَوْلَ فُلَانَةَ (tropical:) Such a man has within his power and care such a female, (يَدُورُ حَوْلَهَا,) and toys, dallies, wantons, or holds amorous converse, with her. (A, TA.) 5 تَحَوَّضَ see 1.8 إِحْتَوَضَ see 1.10 اِسْتَحْوَضَ It (water) collected, or became collected: (S:) or made for itself a حَوْض. (O, L, K.) حَوْضٌ [A watering-trough or tank, for beasts &c., generally constructed of stones cemented and plastered with mud, and made by the mouth of a well; and any similar receptacle for water;] a place in which water collects, or is collected: (Msb, * TA:) accord. to some, from حَاضَتِ المَرْأَةُ; (K, TA;) [see art. حيض;] because the water flows to it; for, says Az, the Arabs put و in the place of ى, and ى in that of و: (TA:) accord. to others, from حَاضَ المَآءَ, explained above: (K, TA:) and ↓ مُحَوَّضٌ signifies the same: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] of the former, أَحْوَاضٌ and [of mult.]
حِيَاضٌ, (S, Msb, K,) originally حِوَاضٌ, (Msb;) and حِيضَانٌ. (TA; and in a copy of the S in the place of حِيَاضٌ, which is the form given in other copies.) b2: حَوْضُ الرَّسُولِ [The pool of the Apostle, meaning Mohammad;] that of which the Apostle's people will be given to drink on the day of resurrection: [or] i. q. الكَوثَرُ, q. v. (TA.) Az mentions the saying سَقَاكَ اللّٰهُ بِحَوْضِ الرَّسُولِ (A, * TA) and مِنْ حَوْضِهِ (TA) [May God give thee to drink from the pool of the Apostle]. b3: حَوْضُ الحِمَارِ is an expression of revilement, signifying (tropical:) مَهْزُومُ الصَّدْرِ [lit. Depressed in the breast, or bosom; app. meaning narrow-minded; or illiberal; or niggardly]. (Sgh, K.) b4: حَوْضُ المَوْتِ (tropical:) i. q. مُجْتَمَعُهُ [app. meaning The place where death is met; where the draught thereof is drunk]: so termed by way of simile: pl. as above. (TA.) b5: اِنْصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ حَوْضُ الغَمَامِ and حِيَاضُهُ (tropical:) [The reservoir of the clouds, and the reservoirs thereof, poured forth upon them]. (A, TA.) b6: مَلَأَ حَوْضَ أُذُنِهِ بِكَثْرَةِ كَلَامِهِ (tropical:) He filled the concha (صَدَفَة) of his ear with the abundance of his speech. (A, TA.) مُحَوَّضٌ A thing like a حَوْض, made to a palmtree, that it may imbibe therefrom; (S, K;) a thing that is made around a tree, in the form of the شَرَبَة, q. v. (M, TA.) See also حَوْضٌ.
