Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

حِنَاكٌ

Root: حنك

Full Definition

حِنَاكٌ A bond for the neck, with which a captive is bound: whenever it is pulled, it goes against, or hurts, his حَنَك [i. e., the part beneath the chin and lower jaw].
2 You say also أَخَذَ بِحِنَاكِ صَاحِبِهِ, meaning He laid hold upon the حَنَك [or part beneath the chin and lower jaw], and the لَبَب [or part between the collar-bones], of his companion, and then dragged him to him.
3 See also المِحْنَكُ:
4 and see حُنْكَةٌ.


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