حِينَةٌ

[The time appointed for a she-camel to be milked in every day and night;] a subst. from حَيَّنَ النَّاقَةَ; as also ↓ حِينٌ: you say, مَتَى حِينَةُ نَاقَتِكَ, meaning When is the time of the milking of thy she-camel? and كَمْ حِينَتُهَا, meaning How many times is she milked? (K.) One says also, of a man, (S,) يَأْكُلُ الحِينَةَ and ↓ الحَيْنَةَ, meaning He eats once in the day and the night: (S, K:) or, according to Aboo-'Amr Ez-Záhid, الوَجْبَة is used as meaning a man's eating once in the day, and الحينة as meaning a she-camel's being milked once in the day. (IB, TA.) And one says, مَا أَلْقَاهُ إِلَّا الحِينَةَ بَعْدَ الحِينَةَ, i. e. الحِينَ ↓ بَعْدَ الحِينِ [I do not meet him save time after time; meaning, occasionally]. (K.)