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أَحْجَنُ ذ Crooked, [hooked,] or curved: fem. حَجْنَآءُ: pl. حُجْنٌ. (Ham p. 403.) You say, الصَّقْرُ أَحْجَنُ المِنْقَارِ The hawk is crooked [or hooked] in the bill. (TA.) And صَقْرٌ أَحْجَنُ المَخَالِبِ A hawk having crooked [or hooked] talons. (S, TA.) And أَنْفٌ أَحْجَنُ [A hooked nose,] a nose having the tip approaching the mouth, and, Az adds, having its نَاشِرَتَانِ [or two alæ] receding in an ugly manner. (TA.) And أُذُنٌ حَجْنَآءُ An ear having one [app. the upper] of its two extremities turning towards the forehead, downwards: or having its edges turning towards the other ear, in the direction of the forehead: (M, K:) in either case, curving. (M, TA.) And شَعَرٌ أَحْجَنُ (tropical:) Hair that is crisp, or curly, in its extremities: or, accord. to AZ, wavy hair: (T:) or hair that is recurvate at its extremities (مُعَقَّفٌ), and intermingling: (M:) or hair forming a succession of rimples (مُتَسَلْسِلٌ), pendulous, wavy, and crisp, or curling, in the extremities; as also ↓ حَجِنٌ . (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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