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عَنَزَةٌ ذ A short spear; (A;) a small spear, between a staff and a spear, (O, K,) longer than a staff and shorter than a spear, (S,) said to be of the measure of half a spear, or somewhat more, having a head like that of the spear; (TA;) or a staff shorter than a spear; (Msb;) and, as some say, (TA,) having a زُجّ [i. e. a pointed iron foot at the lower extremity], (S, O, Msb, K, TA,) like that of the spear: (S, O, TA:) the old man leans, or stays himself, upon it; and it is nearly like the عُكَّازَة [q. v.]: (TA:) or it is like the عُكَّازَة, which is a staff having a زُجّ: (Mgh:) pl. ↓ عَنَزٌ , [or rather this is a coll. gen. n., of which عَنَزَةٌ is the n. un.,] and عَنَزَاتٌ. (Msb.) The Prophet is related to have prayed towards an عَنَزَة. (Mgh. [See سُتْرَةٌ.]) ― -b2- Also The حَدّ [by which may be meant either the edge or point] of a فَأْس [which means a hoe and an adz and an axe, and also a pickaxe]: (O, K:) or the long حَدّ [or iron point] of the مِلْطَاس, which is a long double-headed pickaxe. (ISh, TA in art. لطس.) -A2- Also A certain beast, (O, K,) found in the desert, slender in the muzzle, smaller than the dog, of the beasts of prey, (O,) that seizes the camel in his rump, (O, K,) and is seldom seen; asserted by the Arabs to be a devil: (O:) or, (K,) accord. to Aboo-Leyleh, (O,) it is like the weasel (O, K) in size: (O:) it approaches the she-camel when she is lying down, (O, K,) then springs, (O,) and enters into her vulva, and conceals itself therein, (O, K,) until it reaches the womb, (O,) whereupon the she-camel (O, K) dies on the spot (K) or aborts and dies on the spot. (O.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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