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حِبَاكٌ حب حبا حباك : see حُبْكَةٌ, in three places. ― -b2- Also An enclosure for cattle (حَظِيرَة), [made] with canes, or reeds, (بِقَصَبَاتٍ, [or perhaps we should read بِقُضْبَانٍ, i. e. with twigs,]) put crosswise, and then bound, or tied: (Az, TA:) or pieces of wood put together like a حَظِيرَة, and then bound in the middle with a cord, or rope, that joins them together. (Lth, TA.) ― -b3- The كِفَاف [i. e. selvages, or the like,] of a garment, or piece of cloth. (Z, TA.) ― -b4- The black threads with which are sewed the borders, or extremities, of a [cloth of the kind called] لِبْد. (Ibn-' Abbád, TA.) ― -b5- A streak, or line, (طَرِيقَةٌ,) in sand and the like; as also ↓ حَبِيكَةٌ : pl. of the former حُبُكٌ; and of the latter ↓ حَبَائِكٌ : (S:) or حُبُكً, the pl. of حِبَاكٌ, signifies the ridges of sand [that are formed by the wind]; (K;) the ripples (دَرَجَ) of sand, and of water, when moved by the wind; pl. of حِبَاكٌ and of ↓ حَبِيكَةٌ : (Az, TA:) [i. e.] حُبُكُ المَآءِ signifies المُتَكَسِّرُ مِنْهُ [the ripples of water]: and so حُبُكُ الشَّعَرِ الجَعْدِ [the rimples, or wavy forms, of crisp hair, appearing as though it were crimped]: (K:) [and the like of other things: this is what is meant by the following passage:] Fr says, الحُبُكُ تَكَسُّرُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ كَالرَّمْلِ إِِذَا مَرَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيحُ السَّاكِنَةُ وَ المَآءِ القَائِمِ إِِذَا مَرَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيحُ وَ دِرْعُ الحَدِيدِ لَهَا حُبُكٌ أَيْضًا وَ الشَّعْرَةُ الجَعْدَةُ تَكَسُّرُهَا حُبُكٌ: (S:) [respecting the حُبُك of a coat of mail, here mentioned, see what follows: in like manner,] ↓ حَبِيكٌ (T, K) and ↓ حَبَائِكُ and حُبُكٌ, all as pls. of ↓ حَبِيكَةٌ , [or rather ↓ حَبِيكٌ is a coll. gen. n.,] signify the streaks of locks of hair; (K;) or of a helmet; (T, K; [in the CK, البَيْضَةُ is erroneously put for البَيْضَةِ;]) and likewise of sand, such as are made by the wind: (T, TA:) the حُبُك of the sky, (S, K,) sing. ↓ حَبِيكَةٌ , (K,) are the tracks of the stars: (S, K:) and ↓ حَبَائِكٌ signifies also streaks, or tracks, in the sky: and the heavens; because in them are the paths of the stars: and حُبُكٌ, the streaks of a mountain: (TA:) and حُبُكُ دِرْعٍ, the rows of rings of a coat of mail: (TK in art. حرشف:) [in a passage in the S, cited above, it seems to be implied that it means the rimples, or folds, thereof:] or the scales of silver with which a coat of mail is ornamented; likened to the scales on the back of a fish, by their being termed the حَرْشَفَ of a coat of mail: (TA in art. حرشف:) and حِبَاكُ الحَمَامِ, the blackness of the part above the wings of the pigeon. (Ibn-'Abbád, A, K.) The phrase رَأْسُهُ حُبُكٌ, in a description of Ed-Dejjál [or Antichrist], means The hair of his head is rimpled (مُتَكَسِّرٌ) by reason of crispness; like stagnant water, and sand, when the wind blows upon them, and they in consequence thereof become rippled (يَتَجَعَّدَانِ); and marked with streaks: or, as some say, it is الشَّعَرِ ↓ مُحَبَّكُ , as in the K, meaning the same; (TA;) or crisp-haired: (K:) or حُبُكُ الشَّعِرَ, (IDrd, K, * TA,) meaning the same: (TA:) or إِِنَّ شَعَرَهُ حُبُكٌ حُبُكٌ: (S:) or رَأْسُهُ حُبُكٌ حُبُكٌ. (TA.) In the phrase, in the Kur [li. 7], وَ السَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الحُبُكِ, it is said that الحبك means the tracks of the stars, (S, Er-Rághib, TA,) and the milky way: or ideal tracks: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or streaks of clouds: (TA:) or beautiful طَرَائِق [which is generally understood to mean, in this instance, streaks, or the like; but may also be rendered stages, one above another, to the number of seven]: (Zj, TA:) or structures, or construction: (Mujáhid, TA:) or beautiful construction. (I 'Ab, TA.) See also the paragraph, above, commencing with ذَاتِ الحُبْكِ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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