مِعْقَصٌ

A crooked arrow: (S, O, K:) and, (K,) or according to As, (TA,) an arrow of which the head breaks, and its tongue, or tang, remaining therein, is extracted, and beaten until it becomes long, and then restored in its place; (K, TA;) but it does not perfectly serve in its stead: (TA:) plural مَعَاقِصُ. (S.)