أَصَكُّ

Root: صك

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أَصَكُّ Knock-kneed: or having a colliding (اِضْطِرَاب) of the knees, and [when used in relation to an ostrich or a horse or the like] of the عُرْقُوبَانِ [which evidently means here, as in many other instances, the hocks]; as also مِصَكٌّ ; which latter [in this sense is rare, and is written in the CK مَصَكٌّ, but] is with kesr to the م: thus applied to a man; and to other than man; [i. e.] applied also to a horse; and to an ostrich, because he is long in step, long-legged, and sometimes, or often, his رُكْبَتَانِ [here improperly used as meaning “ hocks ”] being near together, his legs strike each other: and a man is also said to be أَصَكُّ الرِّجْلَيْنِ: the fem. is صَكَّآءُ: and the pl. is صُكٌّ.
2 Also One whose teeth, both the أَسْنَان and the أَضْرَاس, cleave close together: like أَلَصُّ.
3 See also the next paragraph.

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