عِلَاطٌ

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عِلَاطٌ The side of the neck: the عِلَاطَانِ are the two sides of the neck of anything [i. e. of any creature].
2 And A brand on the neck of a camel, breadthwise, on the side (عُرْض [in the CK عَرْض]) of his neck: this is [said to be] its primary meaning: or, accord. to IDrd, a brand on the side of the cheek of a camel: or, accord. to the R, on the base of the neck: in the book of Ibn-Habeeb, said to be on the neck breadthwise; sometimes a single line, sometimes two lines, and sometimes several lines, on each side: and إِعْلِيطٌ signifies the same: the pl. (of عِلَاطٌ, TA) is أَعْلِطَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and عُلُطٌ.
3 See also عُلْطَةٌ.
4 Also A rope which is put upon the neck of a camel.
5 And The thread of the needle.
6 And [hence] العِلَاطُ, or عِلَاطُ الشَّمْسِ, What is, when one looks at it, as though it were thread [proceeding from the sun, app. when its light enters through an aperture in a wall or the like into a dark, or shady, place]. (Lth, O, K, * TA. * [In the K expl. as meaning خَيْطُ الشَّمْسِ. See also خَيْطُ البَاطِلِ, in art. خيط.])
7 And عِلَاطُ النُّجُومِ What is suspended to the stars: [as though meaning the rays proceeding from the stars:] pl. أَعْلَاطٌ [which is also pl. of عُلُطٌ, q. v.]. [But this is app. a conjectural explanation, suggested by a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s- Salt, incorrectly cited by Lth, and after him by Az, in which what are termed أَعْلَاطُ النُّجُومِ, or أَعْلَاطُ الكَوَاكِبِ, (see عُلُطٌ,) are described as being كَحَبْلِ الفَرْقِ, i. e. “ like the cord of flax, ” thus expl. by Az; whereas the right reading, as is stated in the O and TA, is كَخَيْلِ القِرْقِ; by القِرْق being meant the game thus called, and also called السُّدَّرُ; to which is added in the TA, that the خَيْل thereof are the stones used therein.]

def.2 Also Contention, altercation, dispute, or litigation; and evil, or mischief; and inimical, or hostile, treatment; or evildoing that obliges one to return evil: or the branding, or stigmatizing, with evil.

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