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عُكَّازَةٌ

Root: عكز

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عُكَّازَةٌ and عُكَّازٌ , or this is a pl., [or a coll. gen. n.,] and accord. to the K عَكْوَزٌ , but correctly عَكُّوزٌ , as written by Sgh, A staff having a زُجّ [i. e. a pointed iron foot] at the lower extremity, upon which a man leans, or stays himself: or i. q. عَنَزَةٌ [q. v.]: pl. عَكَاكِيزُ and عُكَّازَاتٌ.
2 The first of these words is also used metonymically for مَنْصِبٌ [ A post, an office, a function, or a magistracy]: hence the saying فُلَانٌ مِنْ أَرْبَابِ العَكَاكِيزِ [ Such a one is of the functionaries, or magistrates: because officers of rank made use of walking-sticks].
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