1.
He hocked, houghed, hamstrung, or cut the hock-tendon of, the beast. (S, A, O, K, *)
2.
And
عَرْقَبَهُ
He raised his hocks, (namely, a camel's, O,)
in order that he might stand up: (O, K:)
he assisted him (i. e. a camel)
to stand up, by raising [
his hocks]. (
TA.) Thus the verb has two contr. meanings. (
K.)
3.
And
عَرْقَبَ (assumed tropical:)
He practised artifice, craft, or
cunning. (
O,
K.) One says,
إِذَا أَعْيَاكَ غَرِيمُكَ فَعَرْقِبْ (assumed tropical:) [
When thy debtor wearies thee,]
practise artifice, &c. (
AA,
O,
TA.)