حزم

حَيْزُومٌ حيزوم and ↓ حَزِيمٌ The breast, or chest: (K:) or the middle thereof; (S, K;) and the part which the حِزَام [i. e. girth or girdle ] embraces, (S, TA,) where the heads of the جَوَانِح [or ribs of the breast ] meet, above the lower extremity of the sternum, opposite the كَاهِل [or uppermost third portion of the backbone ]: (TA:) the part of the breast which is the place of the حِزَام: (Ham p. 704, in explanation of the latter word:) and the former word, the part that surrounds the back and the belly: or the ribs of [ the part where lies ] the heart: and the part of the side of the breast on the right and left of the حُلْقُوم [or windpipe ]; (K;) the two parts thus described being called حَيْزُومَانِ: (TA:) pl. of the former حَيَازِيمُ; (TA;) and of the latter أَحْزِمَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (Kr, K) and حُزُمٌ [a pl. of mult.]. (K.) One says, اُشْدُدْ حَيْزُومَكَ لِهٰذَا الأَمْرِ, and حَيَازِيمَكَ, i. e. (assumed tropical:) Dispose and subject thyself to this affair, or case; meaning prepare thyself for it: and ↓ شّدَّ حَزِيمَهُ [(assumed tropical:) He disposed and subjected, or prepared, himself ]: (TA:) or شَدُّ الحَيَازِيمِ is an expression denoting, by way of similitude, patient endurance of that which has befallen one. (Ham p. 163.) ― -b2- And the former, (assumed tropical:) The breast [or bows ] of a ship or boat. (MA.) -A2- حَيْزُومُ [so in my copies of the S, imperfectly decl., app. regarded as of foreign origin, (not الحَيْزُومُ as is implied in the K,)] the name of One of the horses of the angels; (S;) the horse of Gabriel: (K:) accord. to some, [حيزون,] with ن in the place of the م. (TA.) -A3- See also حَزٌمٌ.