كهل8 اِكْتَهَلَ, said of a plant, It became tall and full-grown: (TA:) or it became of its full height, and blossomed: (S:) see زَاخِرٌ.كَهْلٌ Of middle age; or between that age and the period when his hair has become intermixed with heaviness. See شَبَابٌ; and شَيْخٌ and غُلَامٌ.كُهُولَةٌ: see شَبَابٌ.كَاهِلٌ [The withers of a horse, &c.] i. q.  حَارِكٌ: or the anterior portion of the upper part of the back, next the neck, which is the upper third part, containing six vertebra: or the part between the two shoulder-blades: or the part where the neck is joined to the back how: [the base of the neck: see ثَبَجٌ]. (K.)