عقف

عُقَّافَةٌ ذ A piece of wood [or a stick ] crooked [or hooked ] at the head thereof, with which a thing is extended, (يُمَدّ, so in the O and L and copies of the K,) or drawn, or pulled, towards one, (يُحْجَنُ, so in the CK,) like the مِحْجَن [q. v.]: (O, L, K:) or it is [ a part, app. the crooked, or hooked, head, ] of the مِحْجَن: (Msb:) and some say that it is a صَوْلَجَان [q. v.]. (TA.) [In the present day it is applied to A hook, or a small hook. ]