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5 تغضّن ذ It was, or became, wrinkled, shrivelled, or puckered; syn. تَشَنَّجَ; (S, MA, TA;) as also ↓ غَضِنَ , inf. n. غَضَنٌ [and app. غُضُونٌ, like قُبُولٌ as an inf. n. of قَبِلَ. though this requires consideration, as will be shown by what follows]. said of the face as having this signification, or as signifying it was, or became, wrinkled and speckled; (MA;) [and so, perhaps, ↓ غضّن , for] التغضين [if not a mistranscription for التَّغَضُّنُ], as also ↓ الغُضُونُ , is syn. with التَّشَنُّجُ; and one says فِى جَبْهَتِهِ ↓ رَجُلٌ ذُو غُضُونٍ meaning تَكَسُّرٍ [i. e. a man having a wrinkling in his forehead; but غُضُون may be here used as pl. of غَضْنٌ, and thus meaning wrinkles]: and ↓ غَضَنٌ signifies a bending (تَثَنٍّ and تَلَوٍّ) of a branch or twig or the like. (TA.) One says also, تَغَضَّنَتِ الدِّرْعُ عَلَى لَابِسِهَا The coat of mail became folded, [or it hung, or sat, with folds,] upon its wearer. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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