Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَحْزِيزٌ

Root: حز

Full Definition

تَحْزِيزٌ [see 2.
2 ] The being cut, or notched, much, or in many places; being serrated, or jagged, like the teeth of the مِنْجَل: and sometimes this is in the edges, or extremities, of the human teeth. You say, فِى أَسْنَانِهِ تَحْزِيزٌ In his teeth is a serration, and a sharpness of the extremities [such as is seen in the teeth of young persons]; syn. أُشُرٌ; the like of the serration of the teeth of the مِنْجَل.
3 Also The marks of cutting or notching.


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