اخذ

أُخْذَةٌ ذ A manner of taking, or seizing, of a man with whom one is wrestling: pl. أُخَذٌ. (L.) ― -b2- A kind of enchantment, or fascination, like سِحْر, (S, L, Msb, * K,) which captivates the eye and the like, (L,) and by which enchantresses withhold their husbands from other women; called by the vulgar رِبَاطٌ and عَقْدٌ; and practised by the women in the time of ignorance: (TA:) or a kind of bead (خَزَرَةٌ, S, L, K) with which one captivates, or fascinates, or restrains; (K;) with which women captivate, or fascinate, or restrain, men, (S, L,) and withhold them from other women: (L:) or i. q. رُقْيَةٌ. (A.) ― -b3- A pitfall dug for catching a lion. (A, TA.) ― -b4- بَادِرْ بِزَنْدِكَ أُخْذَةَ النَّارِ [ Strive thou to be before the time called (that of) اخذة النار with thy wooden instrument for producing fire; i. e. haste thou to use it before that time; ] means the time a little after the prayer of sunset; asserted to be the worst time in which to strike fire. (K.)