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خَازِقٌ خازق , applied to an arrow, Hitting, or that hits, the target; (S, Mgh, K;) and (Mgh, TA) transpiercing, or passing through, or that transpierces or passes through, or piercing, or that pierces, so that its extremity passes through, (Mgh, Msb, K,) the target [or the object shot at]; (Msb;) as also خَاسِقٌ: (TA:) pl. خَوَازِقُ. (Msb.) And [hence, used as a subst.,] A spear-head: (JK, S, K:) and the iron head or blade of an arrow &c. (TA.) One says, هُوَ أَمْضَى مِنْ خَازِقٍ [He is more penetrating than a spear-head]: (S:) and أَنْفَدُ مِنْ خَازِقٍ, which means the same; (JK, Meyd;) or more penetrating than a transpiercing arrow: (TA:) the latter is a prov.; (Meyd, TA;) applied to him who is penetrating in affairs. (Meyd.) And إِِنَّهُ لَخَازِقُ وَرَقَةٍ [lit. Verily he is a piercer, or transpiercer, of a leaf]; meaning لَا يُطْمَعُ فِيهِ [i. e. (assumed tropical:) he is a person whom one may not hope to overcome]: (IAar, K:) or (assumed tropical:) he is bold and skilful. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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