لحى

لَحْىٌ ذ [not لَحًى] The jaw-bone; (Mgh, Msb;) either upper or lower: (Msb:) and, in a man, (Msb,) the part on which the beard grows. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- And sometimes Either lateral portion of the lower jaw: see ذَقَنٌ, and الفَنِيكُ.