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غَلَتِ

Root: غلى

Form: 1

Full Definition

غَلَتِI , Present.T تَغْلِى, Verbal.Noun غَلْىٌ and غَلَيَانٌ, The cooking-pot boiled; and غَلِيَت, Present.T تَغْلَى, is an unusual dial. var. thereof, the former being the more chaste; or غَلِيَت is not allowable.
2 [Hence غَلَى said of a liquor, It estuated: it effervesced: it fermented: see نَبِيذٌ
3 And hence] يَغْلِى دَمُهُ [as though meaning His blood is fit to be shed] is a phrase like رَابَ دَمُهُ, [q. v.], said of one who has exposed himself to slaughter: his blood being likened to milk that has become thick, and fit to be churned. (A in art. روب.)
4 And غَلِىَ الرَّجُلُ, like رَضِىَ in measure [but see what has been said of this form of the verb above], The man became vehemently angry.
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