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اِعْلَوَّطَ

Root: علط

Form: 13

Full Definition

اِعْلَوَّطَ He clung to the neck of the camel, and mounted him: or it signifies, or signifies also, he rode the camel without a [cord such as is termed] خِطَام [q. v.]: or he rode the camel bare, without saddle: and اعلوّط الفَرَسَ he rode the mare without bridle.
2 And اعلوّط النَّاقَةَ, said of a camel, He got upon the neck of the she-camel, and mounted upon her in a headlong, or heedless, manner: or he mounted the she-camel to cover her.
3 [Hence,] اعلوّط رَأْسَهُ, and اعلوّط أَمْرًا, He pursued a headlong, or heedless, course, and plunged, or rushed, into an affair without consideration.
4 And اعلوّطهُ He took him and confined him.
5 And He clave to him, like as the [cord called] عِلَاط cleaves to the neck of the camel.
6 And He clung to him, and drew him to him; and so تَعَلْوَطَهُ .
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