نهز

6 تناهزا ذ They strove together, or made haste, each to be, or get, before the other. (K.) You say, هُمَا يَتَنَاهَزَانِ اـِمَارَةَ بَلَدِ كَذَا They strive together, or make haste, each to be before the other in obtaining the government of such a town, or country. (S, * TA.) And تَنَاهَزُوا الفُرَصَ [ They strove together, or made haste, to be before one another in taking, or seizing, the opportunities, or the turns for drawing water or the like: see 3.] (A.)