حز

حَزٌّ حز A notch, or an incision, (S, A, Msb, K,) in a thing; (S, K;) as, [for instance,] in a piece of wood, and a tooth-stick (سِوَاك), and a bone, (TA,) and a bow: (A, TA:) and in like manner ↓ مَحَزٌّ, the notch of a bow, into which the ring of the string falls: (A and K, voce كُظْرٌ:) [or the former is a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. ↓ حَزَّةٌ; (S, TA;) [for which, in the S and L and K, voce طَرِيدَةٌ, we find ↓ حُزَّةٌ, perhaps a dial. var.] You say, رَدَّ الوَتَرَ حَزِّهَا He put back the bow-string to its notch (A, TA) in the head of the bow. (TA.) For the explanation of حَزُّ الكَرَاكِر, see كِرْكِرَةٌ. -A2- A time; a particular time; [ a nick of time: ] (S, K:) and ↓ حَزَّةٌ signifies the same; and also a particular state or condition. (A, TA.) You say, مَجِىْءِ فُلَانٍ ↓ هٰذِهِ حَزَّةُ [ This is the time of the coming of such a one ]. (A.) And كَيْفَ جِئْتَ ↓ فِى هٰذِهِ الحَزَّةِ [ How hast thou come at this time, or in this state? ]. (A.) And ↓ لَقِيتُهُ عَلَى حَزَّةٍ مُنْكَرِةٍ [ I met him at an evil time, or in an evil condition ]. (A.)