hoe, dig up

, aor. , (S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَزْقٌ, (S, O, Msb,) He clave, or furrowed, the earth, or land, with the implement called مِعْزَقَةٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and مِعْزَقٌ. (S, O, K.) ― -b2- And He dug the earth until the water came forth from it. (TA.) ― -b3- The verb is [said to be] used only in relation to the earth, or land. (S, O, Msb, K.) [But] لَا تَعْزِقُوا occurs in a trad. as meaning Cut not ye (لَا تَقْطَعُو). (TA.) ― -b4- العَزْقُ metonymically used as meaning The act of eating is post-classical. (TA.)

, inf. n. تَعْزِيقٌ, I routed, or defeated, and slew, the people, or party. (TA.)

He worked with the مِعْزَقَة [q. v.]. (TA.)

: see the next paragraph.

Winnowers of wheat (مُذَرُّوا حِنْطَةٍ [origi- nally مُذَرِّيُوا, in the CK مُذِرُّوا]). (O, K, TA.) [See also what here follows.] -A2- And Men evil in dispositions: (O, K, TA:) sing. [app. in the former sense as well as in this] ↓ عَزِقٌ: (TA:) or this latter signifies, (K,) or signifies also, (TA,) like ↓ مُتَعَزِّقٌ, difficult in disposition: (K, TA:) or hard, and niggardly, and difficult in disposition. (Lth, TA.)

: see the next paragraph. ― -b2- Accord. to IAar, The مَرّ, i. e. handle, of the [implement called] مِحْرَاث [q. v.]. (L, voce سِخِّينٌ.)

The implement with which the earth, or land, is cloven, or furrowed; (S, O, Msb, K;) [a kind of hoe,] resembling the قَدُوم, or larger than this; as also ↓ مِعْزَقٌ: (S, O, K:) accord. to IDrd, the implement with which the earth, or land, is cloven, or furrowed; whether it be a فَأْس [meaning hoe], or a مِسْحَاة [i. e. spade], or a سِكَّة [i. e. ploughshare]: and he says, it is a بِيلَة [from the Pers. بِيْلَه meaning a kind of mattock or hoe] which is curved [in its blade]: and some say that it is [particularly] a فَأْس [i. e. hoe] with two extremities to its [iron] head: (TA:) [it is applied in the present day to a kind of hoe with a broad blade:] pl. مَعَارِقُ. (O, TA.) ― -b2- And, (K,) accord. to IAar, (O,) The forked, or pronged, implement with which wheat is winnowed. (O, K; and L and TA voce حِفْرَاةٌ.)

Land cloven, or furrowed, (S, TA,) with the مِعْزَقَة, (S,) for sowing, or cultivating. (TA.)

: see عُزُقٌ. IF says that there is no word with ع and ز and ق that is of well-founded authority. (O.)