عثن1 عَثَنَتِ النَّارُ, (S, K,) aor. ـُ (S,) inf. n. عَثْنٌ and عُثَانٌ and عُثُونٌ, (K,) The fire smoked, or sent up smoke; (S, K;) as also ↓ عثّنت. (K.) b2:  And عَثَنَ فِى الجَبَلِ, (K,) aor. ـُ inf. n. عَثْنٌ, (TA,) He ascended the mountain: (K, TA:) like عَفَنَ: mentioned by Kr. (TA.) A2:  عَثِنَ, aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. عَثَنٌ, (TK,) said af garment, It became perfumed with the odour of incense, or some substance for fumigation. (K, * TA.) 2 عَثَّنْتُ الثَّوْبَ I fumigated the garment: (Mgh:) or عَثَّنَتِ الثَّوْبَ بِالطِّيبِ She fumigated the garment over the perfume so that it [the perfume] clung to it: (TA:) or عَثَّنْتُ ثَوْبِى بِالبَخُورِ, (S,) inf. n. تَعْثِينٌ, (S, K,) I perfumed my garment with incense, or some substance for fumigation. (K. *) b2:  And عَثَّنَتِ المَرْأَةُ بِدُخْنَتِهَا The woman perfumed herself with her incense, or substance for fumigation. (TA.) b3:  See also 1. b4: One says also عثّن عَلَيْنَا فُلَانٌ meaning (assumed tropical:)  Such a one caused confusion, or disorder, or disturbance, to happen between us, or among us; from عُثَان signifying “ smoke: ” (A, TA:) [or caused confusion, &c., and excited evil, or corrupt, conduct, between us, or among us: for] التَّعْثِينُ signifies the causing confusion, or disorder, or disturbance, and exciting evil, or corrupt, conduct. (K.) 4 لَا تُعْثِنْ عَلَيْنَا [Do not thou raise a smothering smoke upon us] is said when one kindles a fire with bad, smoking, wood. (TA.) عِثْنٌ A species of خُوصَة [q. v.] upon which camels, or the like, feed, (K, TA,) when it is succulent; but when it becomes dry, it is useless. (TA.) b2:  And [hence, perhaps,] A good tender and manager, of camels, or the like. (K.) A2: And i. q. عِهْنٌ [i. e. Wool; or wool dyed of various colours]: (K:) a dial. var. thereof. (TA.) عَثَنٌ: see عُثَانٌ.A2:  Also A small idol: pl. أَعْثَانٌ: (K:) [it is said that] وَثَنٌ signifies “ a large idol. ” (TA.) عَثِنٌ Food infected with smoke; as also ↓ مَعْثُونٌ. (K.) عُثَانٌ Smoke; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ عَثَنٌ: (S, K: [in one of my copies of the S, written with the ث quiescent:]) mostly used in relation to a substance with which one fumigates: (Mgh, Msb:) and also expl. as signifying smoke without fire: (TA:) pl. عَوَاثِنُ, (S, K, TA,) deviating from rule, (TA,) like دَوَاخِنُ pl. of دُخَانٌ, the only other instance of the kind. (S, TA.) b2: And (tropical:)  Dust (Az, S, Mgh, K) is sometimes thus called, (S, Mgh,) metaphorically, (Mgh,) as being likened to smoke, which is the primary meaning: so says A'Obeyd, and Aboo-'Amr Ibn-El-'Alà says the like. (Az.) عُثْنُونٌ Small long hairs under the part beneath the lower jaw of the camel: (S, K:) [pl. عَثَانِينُ:] one says بَعِيرٌ ذُو عَثَانِينَ [a camel having such small long hairs], like as they said, for the مَفْرِق of the head, مَفَارِقُ. (S.) And The beard: or the portion thereof that extends beyond the two sides of the cheeks: or the portion that grows upon the chin and beneath it, downwards: or length of the beard: (K:) or the portion of the beard that depends form the chin: (Ham p. 820:) and عُثْنُونُ اللِّحْيَةِ signifies the extremity of the beard. (TA.) And Certain small hairs at the part in which the he-goat is slaughtered. (TA.) and The رَعْثَة [or wattle] of the cock. (S and K in art. رعث, q. v.) b2:  Also The first of wind and of rain; (S, K;) so says [the Imám] Aboo-Haneefeh: (TA:) or rain generally: or rain while it is between the heaven and the earth: pl. عَثَانِينُ: (K:) Az says that العَثَانِينُ signifies the rain that is between the clouds and the earth; like السَّبَلُ: sing. عُثْنُونٌ: (S, TA:) and عُثْنُونُ السَّحَابِ signifies the clouds that have fallen upon the earth: and عَثَانِينُ السَّحَابِ the pendent skirts of the clouds: and عُثْنُونُ الرِّيحِ the trail of the wind when it comes drawing along the dust: pl. as above. (TA.) And The first of anything. (Ham p. 820.) عُوَاثِنٌ A lion having much hair. (K.) مُعَثَّنٌ (K, TA) A man (TA) large in the عُثْنُون. (K, TA.) مَعْثُونٌ: see عَثِنٌ.عثو and عثى 1 عَثَا, aor. ـْ (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. عُثُوٌّ, (K, TA,) [accord. to the CK عَثْوٌ, but] like سُمُوٌّ; (TA;) and عَثِىَ, aor. ـْ (S, Msb, K,) which is of the dial. of El-Hijáz, and of which the inf. n. is عَثًا; (TA;) and عَثَى, aor. ـْ and يَعْثِى; inf. n. عُثِىٌّ and عِثِىٌّ and عَثَيَانٌ; (K, TA;) He acted corruptly; or made, or did, mischief: (S, Msb, K:) or did so in the utmost degree: (TA:) فِى الأَرْضِ [in the earth]: (S, TA:) the aor.  of one of the dial. vars. occurs in the Kur ii. 57; &c.: some say that عثا, aor. ـا [or عِثَى, aor. ـْ is formed by transposition from عَاثَ, aor. ـِ (TA:) accord. to Er-Rághib, عَيْثٌ and عُثِىٌّ, or عِثِىٌّ, and عُثُوٌّ are nearly alike; but عَيْثٌ is mostly used in relation to that which is perceived by sense; and عثىّ and عثوّ, in relation to that which is perceived by the [mind or] judgment: some say that عثوّ [as also عثىّ] is the acting wrongfully, injuriously, or unjustly; and sometimes does not involve the acting corruptly: (MF and TA in art. عيث:) Lh says that عَثِىَ is of the dial. of El-Hijáz, and is the [more] approved form; and عاث is of the dial. of the Benoo-Temeem. (TA in that art.) b2:  And عَثِىَ, aor. ـْ inf.n. عَثًا, said of the hair of the head, It was, or became, dry and matted, and was long left uncombed. (TA.) عُثًى Hair: this is its primary signification. (TA.) [See the next paragraph.] b2:  And, metaphorically, (tropical:)  Such as is straggling, of plants, or herbage; as the نَصِىّ, and the بُهْمَى, and the صِلِّيَان. (TA.) And [hence] one says, شَابَ عُثَى الأَرْضِ (assumed tropical:)  The plants, or herbage, of the earth, dried up, or became yellow: (K:) so in the Tekmileh, and so says ISk. (TA.) عَثْوَةٌ A long لِمَّة [or quantity of hair descending below the ear or to the shoulder]: (K:) pl. عُثًى, like رُبًى; (so in some copies of the K;) or عُثَّى, like رُبَّى; (so in other copies;) or عِثًى; like رِبًى; (so in my MS. copy of the K; [app. taken from the TA; the first of which (i. e. عُثًى) I hold to be the right; (see the paragraph next preceding this;) though SM says what here follows;]) it is correctly عِثى, like إِلى; agreeably with what is said in the M, i. e. that العِثَى signifies اللِّمَمُ الطِّوَالُ. (TA.) عُثْوَةٌ The state of the hair of the head when it has become dry and matted, and has been long left uncombed. (TA.) عِثْيَانٌ: see أَعْثَى.عَاثٍ Acting corruptly; or making, or doing, mischief. (Msb. [See 1.]) أَعْثَى Having much hair; (S, K;) sometimes  applied in this sense to a man. (S.) and Having a thick beard. (TA.) b2:  And The male hyena; (S, K;) as also ↓ عِثْيَانٌ: (S:) and [the fem.] عَثْوَآءُ the female hyena; (S, K;) because of the abundance of her hair: (S:) and [the pl.] عُثْوٌ, and عُثْىٌ, a number of hyenas together. (TA.) b3:  [The fem.] عَثْوَآءُ is also an appellation applied to An old woman. (S, TA.) b4:  And the masc. signifies also Thick, gross, or coarse, in size. (TA.) b5:  And Foolish, or stupid, (S, K,) heavy, or dull. (S.) b6:  And One whose colour inclines to blackness. (K.) b7:  And A colour [itself] that inclines to blackness: (K, TA:) or, accord. to the M, العثى [perhaps a mistranscription] signifies a colour inclining to blackness, with abundance of hair. (TA.)