خَيْطَفٌ

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خَيْطَفٌ , or خَطِيفٌ , A quick, or swift, camel; as though he strained, or stretched, his neck, in going along: and the former, a camel of the [excellent and swift] kind called مَهَارِىّ: pl. خَيَاطِفُ.
2 خَيْطَفٌ, or خَطَفَى , [as meaning Quick,] is also applied to [the pace termed] عَنَقٌ; and so خَيْطَفَى .
3 See also خَطَفَى.

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