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حَكِيكٌ حكي حكيك i. q. ↓ مَحْكُوكٌ [i. e. Scratched, scraped, rubbed, &c.; and particularly worn by rubbing or friction;] applied to a كَعْب [app. as meaning an ankle-bone, or rather the skin upon that bone]: and having the edges worn away; syn. نَحِيتٌ, (S,) or مَنْحُوتٌ; (K;) applied to a solid hoof; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ أَحَكُّ : (K, TA:) and كُلُّ نَحِيتٍ خَفِىَ [so in copies of the K: in the CK the last word in this explanation is خَفِىٍّ: but I doubt not that the right reading is حَفِىَ, with the unpointed ح; and that the meaning of the whole is, whatever (i. e. whatever foot) is worn by rubbing or friction; that has become attenuated, or chafed, by much walking or treading; agreeably with the explanation that follows]: the subst. is حَكَكٌ: and you say, حَكِكَتِ الدَّابَّةُ. (K.) And A horse having the hoofs much worn (مُنَحَّتُ الحَوَفِرِ, IDrd, K, in the CK الحَافِرِ) by the erosion of the ground, so as to be attenuated. (IDrd, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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