Dictionary of Dreams

480 IBN SEERiN'S dream signifies earnings from a local business. A bowl in a dream also repre­ sents one's condition, state, or the management of his affairs. Licking a bowl, or lickingone's fingers after cleaningthebowl withone'shand in a dreammeans consuming one's share in this world and the nearing of one's death. A wooden bowl in a dream also represents a woman, a housekeeper, theworkplace, or one's shop. Ifone sees a gatheringofpeople or scholars partaking in a sweetmeal from a large wooden bowl in a dream, it represents a community project that unites people's hearts and allows them to share their knowledge. If one sees a group of people gathering to eat a fish or a piece of rotten meat in a dream, it means that a group ofevil people are gathered to take advantage of a prostitute. (Also see Bowl) Wooden clogs: (Sandals; Shoes; Slippers) A wooden clog maker in a dream represents piety, asceticism, repentance from sin, purity, cleanliness, a hy­ gienic person, or a marriage into a family of outcasts. (Also see Slippers) Wooden Slippers: (See Slippers; Wooden clogs) Woods: (Forest; Wild plants) Woodworker: (See Carpenter; Construction worker) Wool: Wearing a woolen garment in the winter in a dream means profits and benefits. Wearing it during the summertime represents strain, distress and adversities. Wearing a woolen garment in adreamalsomeans lawful money and prosperity. Sleeping over a sheepskin in a dream means becoming rich from associating with a rich woman, or from a marriage to a rich woman. Burning wool in a dream means religious contempt, or loss of capital. If a man of knowledge sees himselfwearing a woolen garb in a dream, it means that he is leaning toward an ascetic life, or that hewill become a caller to God's path, teach people to love the eternal comfort ofthe hereafter and to despise the temporary pleasures ofthis world. Wearinga woolen cloakwith nothingunder it in a dream means receivingmoney from a noble and a well respected person. A dogwearing sheepskin in a dream represents a lowly person who subsidizes his business through a well known and a respected person. If one sees a lion wearing a sheepskin in a dream, the lion here represents a tyrant who confiscates people's money and property. Wool in a dream also represents purity, clarity and asceticism, except if the wool is coarse or unsuitable to wear, then it means poverty or humiliation. (Also see Spinning) Words: (Speaking; Speech) In a dream, using good, wise and beneficial words means benefits, improvement and amelioration of one's life. If one speaks incomprehensible words in his dream, it means the opposite. If one sees one of his limbs speaking against him in a dream, it means that someone will report him to the authorities, orbecome a witness against him in a court ofjustice. (Also see Ring; Speaking; Stone polisher) Workhorse: (N ag) A workhorse in a dream represents man's endeavor and serious striving. The more fit a workhorse in a dream, the better is one's determination and drive. Ifa workhorse speaks to a man in a dream, itmeans income and fame. Riding on the back of a workhorse in a dream means taking a longjourney, or it could mean taking money from one's wife. If a dog attacks a workhorse in a dream, it represents an enemy who will follow his wife. A blond workhorse in a dream means sad news. A workhorse in a dream also means a conflict, a foreigner, a wife, a husband or a servant. A gray workhorse in a dream represents a high rank, and a blackworkhorse means prosperity. (AlsoseeHorse) Workman: (See Construction worker) World l: (Creation; Lower world; Material; Woman) In a dream, the world repre­ sents a woman, and a woman represents theworld. Ifone sees himselfdeparting from this world in a dream, it means that he may divorce his wife. If one sees