عَلَاةٌ

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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.] .
2 Hence it is applied to a she-camel, as being likened thereto in respect of her hardness: you say نَاقَةٌ عَلَاةُ الخَلْقِ [A she-camel hard, or firm, in respect of make]: or عَلَاةٌ thus applied signifies tall, or overtopping; as also عِلْيَانٌ , and عِلِّيَانٌ : or عِلْيَانٌ , or عَلْيَانٌ , and عِلِّيَانٌ , signify, thus applied, tall and bulky; or, as some say, outstripping in pace or journeying; never seen otherwise than before the other camels.
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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