شَظُفَ الشَّجَرُ

, (S, O, K,) aorist شَظُفَ ; (K;) and شَظِفَ, (O, K,) aorist شَظَفَ ; (K;) verbal noun شَظَافَةٌ, (O, K,) of the former verb; (O;) The trees, not being sufficiently watered, became hard, without losing their moisture. (S, O, K.)

And شَظِفَتْ يَدُهُ His hand became rough, or coarse. (Har p. 70.)

And شَظِفَ العَيْشُ The means of subsistence became dry and hard. (K, * TA.)

-A2- شَظِفٌ السَّهْمُ, (S, Msb, K,) aorist شَظَفَ , (K,) The arrow entered between the skin and the flesh. (S, Msb, K, Omitted in the TA.)

-A3- شَظَفْتُهُ عَنِ الشَّىْءُ, (O, TA,) verbal noun شَظْفٌ, (O, K,) I withheld, restrained, or debarred, him from the thing. (O, K, * TA.)

And شَظْفٌ signifies also The drawing forth the testicles of a ram: (O, K:) or the compressing them between two pieces of wood, or stick, and binding them with sinew (بِعَقَبٍ, in the CK [erroneously] بعَقِبٍ,) so that they wither. (K.)