عَرْكٌ

1.
, [originally a verbal noun,] according to El- 'Adebbes El-Kinánee, i. q. حَازٌّ, i. e. An incision, or a cut, made by the elbow [of a camel], in the arm, [probably a mistake for in the side, (see 1, near the middle of the paragraph,)] so as to reach to the flesh, cutting through the skin, by the side of the callous protuberance upon the breast. (O.) [See also حَازٌّ, in article حز.]
2.
[Hence, apparently,] ذُو عَرْكَيْنِ, as used by a poet, [the dual, it seems, being put for the singular for the sake of the rhyme, as it ends a verse,] is a metaphorical term for The vulva of a woman; the عَرْك in its primary sense being in the camel. (TA.)
3.
Also The dung of beasts or birds of prey. (O, K.)
4.
And Herbage trodden and eaten. (TA.)

Perseus ID: n28806