حضن

حِضْنٌ حاض حضن حضنن The part beneath the armpit, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) extending to the كَشْح [or flank ]: (S, Msb, K:) or the bosom, or breast; syn. صَدْر: [الصَّدْرِ in the CK should be الصَّدْرُ:] and the upper arms with what is between them: (K:) and ↓ مُحْتَضَنٌ signifies the same: (S:) pl. of the former أَحْضَانٌ (Msb, K *) [and accord. to Freytag's Lex. حُضُونٌ also]. ― -b2- The side of a thing, (S, K,) and of a man: (Mgh:) the lateral, or adjacent, part of a thing: pl. أَحْضَانٌ. (S, * K.) حِضْنَا المَفَازَةِ means The two borders [ the nearer border and the further ] of the desert. (M, TA.) And حِضْنَا اللَّيْلِ (assumed tropical:) The two sides [or first and last portions ] of the night. (TA.) And [as the حِضْن of a man or woman is often a place of concealment,] one says, مَا زَالَ يَقْطَعُ أَحْضَانَ اللَّيْلِ (tropical:) [meaning He ceased not to traverse the shades of the night ]. (TA.) عَلَيْكُمْ بِالحِضْنَيْنِ, in a trad. of 'Alee, means [ Keep ye to ] the two wings of the army. (TA.) You say also, أَخَذَ فُلَانٌ حَقَّهُ عَلَى حِضْنِهِ, i. e. Such a one took his right, or due, by force. (TA.) ― -b3- Also (tropical:) The quantity that is carried in the حِضْن. (A.) ― -b4- Also, (S, K,) and ↓ حُضْنٌ, (K,) The hole, or den, or subterranean habitation, of the hyena: (S, K:) or the place of hunting, or of capture, of the hyena. (IB, TA.) ― -b5- And, both these words, The circuit, or surrounding part, of a mountain: or its base; or lower, or lowest, part. (K.) Accord. to Az, حِضْنَا الجَبَلِ means The two lateral, or adjacent, parts of the mountain. (TA.)