الاِعْتِقَامُ
1.
signifies The digging a well, and, when one has nearly reached the water, digging a small well, (S, K, TA,) in the middle of the former, (TA,) of sufficient dimensions for one's finding the flavour of the water; when, if it be sweet, the rest of it is dug, (S, K, TA,) and made wide; otherwise it is abandoned. (TA.)
2.
Also
The entering into, or upon, an affair. (TA.)
3.
And The overcoming [another] in a game of hazard; synonym القَمْرُ. (TA.)