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غَضْنٌ ذ and ↓ غَضَنٌ A wrinkle, crease, fold, ply, plait. or pucker, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) of the skin, (S, Mgh, Msb,) and of anything, (Msb,) or in a garment, and in a skin, (K,) and in a coat of mail, (S, K,) &c. (S:) pl. غُضُونٌ, S Mgh, Msb, K,) occurring in a verse cited in art. شأب (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى غُضُونِ كَذَا [lit. That was within the folds, meaning in the midst, of such a thing, or such an affair or event]; like فِى أَثْنَآءِ كذا (TA in art. ثنى ― -b3- غُضُونُ الأُذُنِ means The places of fold the case; syn. مَثَانِيهَا. K, TA. in the CK [erroneously] ??.) -A2- Also (i. p. ?? and ↓ ?? . TA) Difficulty, distress, or trouble, and (??) or weariness. (K, TA.) The Arabs say (??) man, in threatening him, لَأُطِيلَنَّ غَضْنَكَ or ↓ غَضَنَكَ i. e. [I will assuredly make] thy (??) &c., [to be long (AZ, A, TA)]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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