Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

شَوَّكْتُهُ

Root: شوك

Form: 2

Full Definition

شَوَّكْتُهُII : see 1, former half.
2 شوّك الحَائِطَ, Verbal.Noun تَشْوِيكٌ, He put thorns upon the wall.
3 See also 1, latter half, in four places.
4 شوّك الزَّرْعُ The seed-produce, or corn, became white, before its spreading: or came forth [pointed,] without forking, or shooting forth into separate stalks, (حَدَّدَ,) and became white, before its spreading; as also أَشْوَكَ : [or began to come forth: see مُشَوِّكٌ.]
5 شوّك نَابُ البَعِيرِ [The canine tooth of the camel grew forth].
6 شوّك رِيشُ الفَرْخِ, and شَارِبُ الغُلَامِ, The feathers of the young bird, and the mustache of the young man, became rough to the feel. And شوّك الفَرْخُ The young bird put forth the heads of its feathers: in [some of the copies of] the S and A, شوّك الفَرْجُ, thus with ج, expl. by أَنْبَتَ. And شوّك الرَّأْسُ بَعْدَ الحَلْقِ The head put forth its hair after the shaving.


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