كَنَى

1.
He affixed a كِنَايَة, meaning, with the Koofees, a pronoun, to a verb [&c.]: (TA in article ريب:) but according to the usage of the verb in two instances in the M and K, voce رَابَ in article ريب, it clearly means he spoke allusively.
2.
كَنَىَ بِهِ عَنْ كَدَم, He used it metonymically for such a word or phrase; he alluded thereby to such a thing.

Perseus ID: n43145