حجن1 حَجَنَهُ, aor. ـِ (K, TA, [in the CK حَجُنَ,]) inf. n.  حَجْنٌ, (TA,) He bent it, or made it crooked [or hooked]; namely, a stick, or branch, or slender piece of wood; as also ↓ حجّنهُ, (K,) inf. n. تَحْجِينٌ. (TA.) b2:  (assumed tropical:)  He marked him (i. e. a camel) with the brand of the مَحْجَن, which is a line with a crooked, or hooked, end, like the stick called مِحْجَن; inf. n. as above. (TA.) b3: He drew it, or pulled it, [or hooked it,] (S, K,) towards himself (S) with the مِحْجَن; as also ↓ احتجنهُ. (S, K.) b4:  (tropical:)  He turned him away (K, TA) عَنِ الشَّىْءِ from the thing. (TA.) A2: حَجِنَ عَلَيْهِ and بِهِ, aor. ـَ (K,) inf. n. حَجَنٌ, (TA,) He was, or became, avaricious, tenacious, or niggardly, of it; (K;) like حَجِئَ بِهِ. (TA.) b2:  حَجِنَ بِالدَّارِ He remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the house. (K.) 2 حَجَّنَ see 1.4 احجن, said of the ثُمَام [or panic grass], It put forth its خُوص; (A 'Obeyd, S, K; * [in the K its خُوصَة;]) [i. e.] its leaves appeared. (TA.) 5 تحجّن It was, or became, crooked, [or hooked,] or curved: (T, K:) said of a thing that is termed أَحْجَنُ. (T.) 8 إِحْتَجَنَ see 1. b2:  [Hence,] احتجن المَالَ (tropical:)  He drew the property, or camels &c., together (S, K, TA) to himself, (S, TA,) and took, or took possession of, it, or them. (S, K, TA.) And احتجنهُ (tropical:)  He took possession of it (i. e. a portion of land), exclusively of others. (TA from a trad.) and احتجنهُ لِنَفْسِهِ دُونَ أَصْحَابِهِ (tropical:)  He appropriated it (a thing) to himself, exclusively of his companions. (T, TA.) And احتجن مَالَ غَيْرِهِ (assumed tropical:)  He took away, and stole, the property of another. (TA.) b3: Also (assumed tropical:)  He put the property, or camels &c., into a good, or right, state, and drew together what had become scattered thereof. (TA.) b4:  and احتجن عَلَيْهِ (assumed tropical:)  He straitened him. (TA.) حَجَنٌ Crookedness, [or hookedness,] or curvature; (S, K;) as also ↓ حُجْنَةٌ. (K.) b2:  See also حُجْنَةٌ.حَجِنٌ: see أَحْجَنُ.حُجْنَةٌ: see حَجَنٌ. b2:  Also Crispness [or recurvation] in the extremities of hair. (T, TA. [See أَحْجَنُ.]) b3:  A place of crookedness or curvature (ISd, TA) of a staff or stick. (TA.) b4:  The hook in the head of a spindle, (S, * K, * TA,) with which the thread is caught preparatively to the twisting thereof. (TA.) b5:  The خُوصَة, (K,) or خُوص, (S,) [i. e.] the leaves [or blades], (TA,) of ثُمَام [or panic grass]; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ حَجَنَةٌ. (K.) And ↓ حَجَنٌ [of which ↓ حَجَنَةٌ is the n. un., if not a mistranscription of حُجَنٌ,] Tender, or soft, shoots, that grow upon the sides of the stalks of the ثُمَام and the ضَعَة [which is said to be a species of ثُمَام]. (TA.) And حُجَنٌ, pl. of حُجْنَةٌ, The fruit-stalks of grapes. (TA.) A2:  Also A thing, or portion of a thing, that one has drawn and appropriated to oneself. (TA.) حَجَنَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.حَجُونٌ Sluggish, lazy, or indolent: (K:) from  حَجِنَ بِالدَّارِ [q. v.]. (TA.) b2:  غَزْوَةٌ حَجُونٌ (tropical:)  A hostile, or hostile and plundering, expediton, in which the party feigns to be going in one direction, and then turns to another: (A, K, * TA:) or farextending. (S, K.) And سِرْنَا عُقْبَةً حَجُونًا (tropical:)  We  journeyed a long stage. (S, TA.) أَحْجَنُ Crooked, [hooked,] or curved: fem.حَجْنَآءُ: pl. حُجْنٌ. (Ham p. 403.) You say, الصَّقْرُ أَحْجَنُ المِنْقَارِ The hawk is crooked [or hooked] in the bill. (TA.) And صَقْرٌ أَحْجَنُ المَخَالِبِ A hawk having crooked [or hooked] talons. (S, TA.) And أَنْفٌ أَحْجَنُ [A hooked nose,] a nose having the tip approaching the mouth, and, Az adds, having its نَاشِرَتَانِ [or two alæ] receding in an ugly manner. (TA.) and أُذُنٌ حَجْنَآءُ An ear having one [app. the upper] of its two extremities turning towards the forehead, downwards: or having its edges turning towards the other ear, in the direction of the forehead: (M, K:) in either case, curving. (M, TA.) And شَعَرٌ أَحْجَنُ (tropical:)  Hair that is crisp, or curly, in its extremities: or, accord. to Az, wavy hair: (T:) or hair that is recurvate at its extremities (مُعَقَّفٌ), and intermingling: (M:) or hair forming a succession of rimples (مُتَسَلْسِلٌ), pendulous, wavy, and crisp, or curling, in the extremities; as also ↓ حَجِنٌ. (K.) تَحْجِينٌ (assumed tropical:)  A crooked, [or hooked,] or curved, brand, or mark made with a hot iron [upon a camel]: (K:) [originally inf. n. of 2; but in this sense,] a subst., properly speaking, like تَنْبِيتٌ and تَمْتِينٌ. (TA. [See also مِحْجَنٌ.]) مِحْجَنٌ A crooked, [or hooked,] or curved, staff or stick; as also ↓ مِحْجَنَةٌ: (K:) or a stick, (IAth, Mgh, Ham p. 403,) or staff, (IAth, Ham,) or piece of wood, (Msb,) with a crooked, or hooked, head, (IAth, Mgh,) or crooked at the end, (Msb;) like the صَوْلَجَان: (S, Mgh, Msb, Ham:) one  draws towards him with it the extremities [of the branches] of trees, and the like: (Ham ubi suprà:) or a stick with a crooked, or curved, end, being naturally so on the tree on which it has grown; distinguished from a صولجان, the end of which is crooked, or curved, artificially: (T:) or, accord. to Az, any stick with a curved head: (Msb:) or it signifies also anything bent, or crooked: (K:) pl. مَحَاجِنُ. (Msb, TA.) The appellation صَاحِبُ المِحْجَنِ [The owner of the crooked stick or staff] was given to a certain man who, in the Time of Ignorance, used to sit in the highway, and take with his محجن one thing after another, of the goods of the passers-by; and if any one were cognizant of his doing, he excused himself, saying that the thing had caught to his محجن. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ لَا يَرْكُضُ المِحْجَنَ [lit. Such a one will not kick the crooked stick or staff], meaning (assumed tropical:)  such a one is of no use, or stands one in no stead: the saying originating from the fact that a محجن is put between the hind legs of the camel, and if he be inert, or wanting in vigour, he will not kick it; but if he be sharp in spirit, he will kick it and go on. (TA.) And you say, إِنَّهُ لَمِحْجَنُ مَالٍ, meaning (assumed tropical:)  Verily he is one who puts the cattle into a good state, and pastures and manages them well. (TA.) Also (assumed tropical:)  A brand, or mark made with a hot iron, upon a camel, in the form of a line with a crooked, or hooked, end, like the stick so called. (TA. [See also تَحْجِينٌ.]) b2:  And The [hooked] bill of a bird; because of its crookedness. (TA.) مِحْجَنَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.مَحْجُونٌ A camel marked with the brand termed مِحْجَن (TA.)