Anything (IDrd, O) bent, curved, crooked, [hooked,] contorted, or distorted. (IDrd, O, K.) And Bending. (O, K.)
2.
A gazelle having the horns bent. (TA.) And [the feminine] عَقْفَاءُ A sheep or goat (شَاة) of which the horns are contorted [or bent down] upon its ears. (TA.)
3.
Also (assumed tropical:) Coarse, rough, rude, or churlish; as an epithet applied to an Arab of the desert. (S, O, K.)
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And (assumed tropical:) Poor; needy: (Lth, O, K:) plural عُقْفَانٌ. (TA.)
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And [the feminine] عَقْفَاءُ signifies [An iron hook;] a piece of iron of which the extremity has been contorted, and in which is a bending. (O, K.)