He was, or became, cunning, characterized by intelligence with craft and forecast, or simply intelligent, excellent in judgment, sagacious, and knowing in affairs He became excellent, or skilful, in the thing, or he became accustomed to, practised or exercised in, the thing, and became knowing, or skilful therein He devoted, or addicted himself, or cleaved or kept to a thing he was, or became, niggardly, avaricious, or tenacious, of a thing. His member or limb generally meaning the arm or hand was cut off or dropped off his members or limbs generally relating to the members or fingers of the arm or hand dropped off one after the other in consequence of a certain disease usually termed jeem-Thal-alif-Miim A member, a distinct part of the animal body, a limb expert skillful |