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حِنَاكٌ حان حناك حنناك A bond for the neck, with which a captive is bound: whenever it is pulled, it goes against, or hurts, his حَنَك [i. e., the part beneath the chin and lower jaw]. (TA.) ― -b2- You say also أَخَذَ بِحِنَاكِ صَاحِبِهِ, meaning He laid hold upon the حَنَك [or part beneath the chin and lower jaw], and the لَبَب [or part between the collar-bones], of his companion, and then dragged him to him. (TA.) ― -b3- See also المِحْنَكُ: ― -b4- and see حُنْكَةٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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