Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

حَرْوَةٌ A burning (M, Ḳ) which a man experiences (M) in the fauces (الحَلْق) and the chest and the head, by reason of anger, wrath, or rage, and of pain. (M, Ḳ.)

Acritude (Ṣ, Ḳ) of food, (Ṣ,) or in the taste of mustard (Ḳ, TA) and the like; (TA;) as alsoحَرَاوَةٌ↓. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) You say, إِنِّى لَأَجِدُ لِهٰذَا الطَّعَامِ حَرْوَةً andحَرَاوَةً↓ Verily I find that this food has an acrid quality, (Ṣ,) or a burning quality. (TA.) [See also حِرَّةٌ, and حَرَارَةٌ.] And one says,لِهْذَا الكُحْلِ حَرَاوَةٌ↓ فِى العَيْنِ [This collyrium has a burning effect in the eye]. (TA.)

A disagreeable odour, that has a sharpness, or pungency, (M, Ḳ,) in the خَيَاشِيم [or air-passages of the nose]. (M.)