المِحْنَكُ
Root: حنك
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المِحْنَكُ
and
, the former, only, mentioned by IDrd, signify الخَيْطُ الَّذِى
يُحَنَّكُ بِهِ (K [so in the CK, app. meaning The string with which the lower jaw of a corpse is tied up: in a MS. copy of the K, يُحْنَكُ; as though the meaning were, the string that is used as a halter, put in a horse's mouth: but the former I regard as the right reading: in the TA, يحنك, without any syll. signs].)
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