عُقَّافَةٌ
Root: عقف
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عُقَّافَةٌ
A piece of wood [or a stick] crooked [or hooked] at the head thereof, with which a thing is extended, (يُمَدّ, so in the O and L and copies of the K,) or drawn, or pulled, towards one, (يُحْجَنُ, so in the CK,) like the
مِحْجَن [q. v.]: or it is [a part, app. the crooked, or hooked, head,] of the
مِحْجَن: and some say that it is a
صَوْلَجَان [q. v.]. [In the present day it is applied to A hook, or a small hook.]
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