عَلَاةٌ
Root: علو
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عَلَاةٌ
The سِنْدَان [or anvil], whether of
شجر [app. meaning of such as are made from trees, or perhaps this is a mistranscription for صَخْر, i. e. rock], or of iron; or the زُبْرَة [i. e. iron anvil] upon which the blacksmith beats iron: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.]
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2 Hence it is applied to a she-camel, as being likened thereto in respect of her hardness: you say نَاقَةٌ عَلَاةُ الخَلْقِ
3 Also A stone [placed upon two other stones called حِمَارَانِ ] upon which is put [to dry the preparation of curd called] أَقِط: or, as some say, a piece of rock upon which is made a circle of أَخْثَآء [or lumps of dung such as is called خِثْى ] and bricks, or crude bricks, (لَبِن,) and ashes, and in, or upon, which أَقَط is then cooked: pl. [or coll. gen. n.] as above.
4 And A thing like the [milking-vessel called] عُلْبَة, around which [dung such as is called] خِثْى is put, and which is used for milking therein.
2 Hence it is applied to a she-camel, as being likened thereto in respect of her hardness: you say نَاقَةٌ عَلَاةُ الخَلْقِ
3 Also A stone [placed upon two other stones called حِمَارَانِ ] upon which is put [to dry the preparation of curd called] أَقِط: or, as some say, a piece of rock upon which is made a circle of أَخْثَآء [or lumps of dung such as is called خِثْى ] and bricks, or crude bricks, (لَبِن,) and ashes, and in, or upon, which أَقَط is then cooked: pl. [or coll. gen. n.] as above.
4 And A thing like the [milking-vessel called] عُلْبَة, around which [dung such as is called] خِثْى is put, and which is used for milking therein.
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