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تَحْجِيلٌ تحجيل [inf. n. of 2, q. v.: and also used as a simple subst., signifying] Whiteness in the legs of a horse, (S, K,) all of them; (K;) or in three of the legs: (S;) in the two hind legs and a fore leg; (K;) or in a hind leg and the two fore legs; (TA;) or in the two hind legs (S, K) only; (K;) or in one hind leg only; (K;) but not in the two fore legs alone, nor in one fore leg without the other, unless with the two hind legs, (AO, S, K, TA,) or with one hind leg; (A O, S, TA;) whether little or much, so that it extends [upwards] beyond the pastern but not beyond the knee and hock. (S.) ― -b2- Also A whiteness in a she-camel's teats, occasioned by the صِرَار [q. v.]. (K.) ― -b3- And, accord. to ISk and the K, A certain mark made with a hot iron upon a came;: but Sgh says that the right word is تَحْجِينٌ, with ن. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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