حَنِيكٌ

(tropical:) A man rendered firm, or sound, in judgment, by means of experience; (K, TA;) as also ↓ مُحَنَّكٌ and ↓ مُحْنَكٌ (S, K) and ↓ مُحْتَنِكٌ (K) and ↓ مُحْتَنَكٌ (TA) and ↓ حُنُكٌ, q. v.: (Fr, K:) or محنك [i. e. either ↓ مُحَنَّكٌ or ↓ مُحْنَكٌ], accord. to Lth, signifies a man whom the management of affairs has rendered experienced so that nothing that he does is despised: and ↓ مُحْتَنَكٌ, a man whose intellect and age have reached the utmost degree [of maturity]. (TA.)

Also (assumed tropical:) An old man. (IAar, TA.)

And (assumed tropical:) Niggardly, tenacious, or avaricious. (AA, TA.)

And حَنِيكَةٌ A good eater; applied to a دَابَّة [or beast]; (K;) to a she-camel, and to a sheep or goat. (TA.)