شَوْكَةٌ

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شَوْكَةٌ n. un. of شَوْكٌ [q. v.]. [Hence various meanings here following; all of which seem to be tropical.]
2 أَصَابَتْهُمْ شَوْكَةُ القَنَا [app. The point of the spear hit, hurt, or wounded, them]. (TA. [There expl. only by the words وهى شبه الاسنة, i. e. وَهِىَ شِبْهُ الأَسِنَّةِ; as though relating to a pl. number.])
3 جَاؤُوا بِالشَّوْكَةِ وَالشَّجَرَةِ They came with multitude [app. meaning of armed men].
4 شَوْكَةُ العَقْرَبِ The sting of the scorpion.
5 شَوْكَةُ الحَائِكِ The weaver's implement with which he makes the warp and the woof even: i. e., الشَّوْكَةُ signifies الصِّيصِيَةُ, (O, K, in the CK الصِّيصَةُ,) as having this meaning:
6 and also as meaning The spur of the cock.
7 And الشَّوْكَةُ, or شَوْكَةُ الكَتَّانِ, A piece of clay, in a moist state, made into a round form, and having its upper part pressed so that it becomes expanded, then prickles of the palm-tree are stuck into it, and it dries; used for clearing [or combing] flax therewith: mentioned by Az: and also called الكَتَّانِ.
8 شَوْكَةٌ also signifies A weapon, or weapons; syn. سِلَاحٌ; as in the phrase فُلَانٌ ذُو شُوْكَةٍ [Such a one is a possessor of a weapon or weapons; though this admits of another rendering, as will be shown by what follows]: or sharpness thereof: or the point, or edge, in a weapon.
9 And Vehemence of might or strength, or of valour or prowess, in respect of fighting: and vehemence of encounter: and sharpness: and the infliction of havock, or vehement slaughter or wounding, syn. نِكَايَةٌ, [app. meaning effectiveness therein,] among the enemy: and strength in weapons [app. meaning in the use thereof]: and [simply] strength, or might. One says, لَهُمْ شَوْكَةٌ فِى الحَرْبِ [They have vehemence of might or strength, or of valour or prowess, in war]: and هُوَ ذُو شَوْكَةٍ فِى العَدُوِّ [He has effectiveness in the infliction of havock among the enemy]. And it is said in a trad., هَلُمَّ إِلَى جِهَادٍ لَا شَوْكَةَ فِيهِ [Come to a war in the cause of religion wherein is no vehemence of might or strength, &c.]; meaning the pilgrimage.
10 Also A certain disease, well known; namely, plague, or pestilence; syn. طَاعُون. And A redness that arises upon the body or upon the face, and part of the body, and is [said to be] allayed by means of charms, or spells: because the sting of the scorpion, which is thus called, when it strikes a man, mostly produces redness.
11 [In one instance, in the CK, شَوْكَةٌ is erroneously put for شَوِكَةٌ, as an epithet applied to a tree.]

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