حُبْكَةٌ

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حُبْكَةٌ i. q. حُجْزَةٌ [i. e. The part of the إِزَار where it is tied round the waist; which part is folded, or doubled]: whence , meaning “ the binding, or tying, the ازار: ” or the folds of the حُجْزَة, let down, before the wearer, for the purpose of his carrying anything therein. And An ازار [itself]; as also حِبَاكٌ . And A cord, or rope, which one binds on the waist: and حِبَاكٌ [also] signifies a cord, or rope, or an ازار, or other thing, with which the waist is bound; pl. حُبُكٌ: whence the saying, عَقَدَ فُلَانٌ حُبُكَ النِّطَاقِ, meaning Such a one prepared himself to go away; or applied himself exclusively and diligently to an affair. And The thong (القِدَّةُ [in the CK, erroneously, القِدَّةُ]) that connects the head to the [pieces of wood called] غَرَاضِيف, of the [camel's saddle called] قَتَب, and of the [saddle called] رَحْل; as also حِبَاكٌ . Pl. حُبَكٌ and حُبُكٌ.

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