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عَوَّجْتُهُ

Root: عوج

Form: 2

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عَوَّجْتُهُII , Verbal.Noun تَعْوِيجٌ; I crooked it, curved it, bent it, contorted it, distorted it, or rendered it uneven; namely, a thing; as also , Verbal.Noun عَوْجٌ and عِيَاجٌ.
2 See also 1, latter half, in two places.
3 تَعْوِيجٌ [as an Verbal.Noun of which the verb, if it have one in the following sense, is عُوِّجَ], in a horse, is syn. with تَجْنِيبٌ [app. as meaning A bending, or curving, and tension of the sinews, in the kind leg] which is a quality approved.

def.2 See also 1, near the middle. [Hence] one says, مَا لَهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ تَعْوِيجٌ, meaning [There is not for him any] remaining, or staying, [at the abode of his companions;] as also تَعْرِيجٌ.

def.3 عوّجهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, also signifies He set it, or inlaid it, with عَاج [which means ivory, and tortoise-shell]; namely, a thing, or a vessel.
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