, verbal noun تَشْنِيفٌ, He adorned her (i. e. a woman, S, or a girl, or young woman, O, K) with the [ornament called] شَنْف; (S, O, K;) like as one says, قَرَّطَهَا; (S, TA;) as also ↓أَشْنَفَهَا. (Zj, O, K.)
2.
[Hence,] شَنَّفَ كَلَامَهُ وَقَرَّطَهُ (tropical:) [He adorned and embellished his language]. (TA.)
3.
-A2- شنّف إِلَيْهِ, verbal noun as above, He looked at him, or it, from the outer corner of the eye. (Yaakoob, TA.) [See also 1.]