خَلِيَّةٌ
Root: خلو
Full Definition
def.2 As a subst. it signifies] A great ship: or a ship that goes of itself, without its being made to do so by the sailor: or one that is followed by a small boat: the first held by Az to be the right meaning: pl. خَلَايَا.
2 Also, and خَلِىٌّ , The habitation (بَيْت) of bees, [whether it be a manufactured hive or a hollow in the trunk of a tree or in a rock,] in which they deposit their honey; the place in which bees deposit their honey: or the thing in which bees deposit their honey, not manufactured for them: or a thing like the [kind of jar called] رَاقُود, of clay, made for bees: or a certain thing for bees, well known, of clay or of wood: or, accord. to Lth, if made of clay, it is called كوارة, i. e. [كُوَارَةٌ and كُوَّارَةٌ and كِوَارَةٌ] with kesr: or a piece of wood hollowed out for honey to be deposited therein [by bees]: or the lower part of a tree that is called خَزَمَةٌ, [n. un. of خَزَمٌ, q. v., hollowed out for that purpose,] resembling the [kind of jar called] رَاقُود: or خَلِىٌّ signifies the part of the كُوَّارَة which is the place of the honey: pl. as above.
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