كِنَايَةٌ

A metonymy: see تَعْرِيضٌ; where the difference between these two words is explained.

Also, An allusion. (TA.)

Also, and ↓ مُكَنًّى, according to De Sacy, in his Ar. Gr. i. 455, or ↓ مُكَنٍّ, for I find its plural written in a copy of the S مُكَنِّيَات, A pronoun; see كَنَى.