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1 غَاجَ ذ , (S, O, K,) aor. يَغُوجُ, (S, O,) said of a man; (TA;) and ↓ تغوّج , (O, K,) likewise, (TA,) or this is said of a horse; (O;) He affected a bending of his body, syn. تَثَنَّى and تَعَطَّفَ, (S, O, K, TA,) and inclined from side to side, in his gait. (TA.) Aboo-Dhu-eyb says, “ عَشِيَّةَ قَامَتْ بِالفِنَآءِ كَأَنَّهَا
عَقِيلَةُ نَهْبٍ تُصْطَفَى وَتَغُوجُ
” [In the evening when she arose, in the yard of the dwelling, as though she were the most excellent portion of booty, to be selected therefrom, and affecting a bending of her body, and inclining from side to side]: i. e. displaying herself to the chief of the army, in order that he might take her for himself. (S, O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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