عرقب

Q. 1 عَرْقَبَ الدَّابَّةَ ذ He hocked, houghed, hamstrung, or cut the hock-tendon of, the beast. (S, A, O, K, *) ― -b2- And عَرْقَبَهُ He raised his hocks, (namely, a camel's, O,) in order that he might stand up: (O, K:) he assisted him (i. e. a camel) to stand up, by raising [ his hocks ]. (TA.) Thus the verb has two contr. meanings. (K.) ― -b3- And عَرْقَبَ (assumed tropical:) He practised artifice, craft, or cunning. (O, K.) One says, اـِذَا أَعْيَاكَ غَرِيمُكَ فَعَرْقِبْ (assumed tropical:) [ When thy debtor wearies thee, ] practise artifice, &c. (AA, O, TA.)