عقص

مِعْقَصٌ ذ A crooked arrow: (S, O, K:) and, (K,) or accord. to As, (TA,) an arrow of which the head breaks, and its tongue, or tang, remaining therein, is extracted, and beaten until it becomes long, and then restored in its place; (K, TA;) but it does not perfectly serve in its stead: (TA:) pl. مَعَاقِصُ. (S.)