غضن

غَضْنٌ ذ and ↓ غَضَنٌ A wrinkle, crease, fold, ply, plait. or pucker, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) of the skin, (S, Mgh, Msb,) and of anything, (Msb,) or in a garment, and in a skin, (K,) and in a coat of mail, (S, K,) &c. (S:) pl. غُضُونٌ, S Mgh, Msb, K,) occurring in a verse cited in art. شأب (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى غُضُونِ كَذَا [lit. That was within the folds, meaning in the midst, of such a thing, or such an affair or event]; like فِى أَثْنَاآءِ كذا (TA in art. ثنى ― -b3- غُضُونُ الأُذُنِ means The places of fold the case; syn. مَثَانِيهَا. K, TA. in the CK [erroneously] مَنابِتُها.) -A2- Also (i.e. غَضْنٌ and ↓ غَضَنٌ. TA) Difficulty, distress, or trouble, and fatigue or weariness. (K, TA.) The Arabs say to a man, in threatening him, لَأُطِيلَنَّ غَضْنَكَ or ↓ غَضَنَكَ i. e. [ I will assuredly make ] thy difficulty &c., [ to be long (AZ, A, TA)]