غَالِيَةٌ
Root: غلى
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غَالِيَةٌ
[Galia moschata,] a sort of perfume, well known; a certain compound of perfumes; musk mixed or boiled [with other perfumes]; or a perfume composed of musk and ambergris and camphor and oil of ben: it is said that the first who called it thus was Suleymán Ibn-'Abd-El-Melik; and he did so because it is a compound boiled together upon the fire: or it was thus named by Mo'áwiyeh; the case being, that 'Abd-Allah Ibn-Jaafar went in to him, and the odour of perfume was diffusing itself from him; so he said, “ What is thy perfume, O 'Abd-Allah? ” and he answered, “ musk and ambergris combined with oil of ben; ” whereupon Mo'áwiyeh said, غَالِيَةٌ, meaning highpriced: [hence some hold the word to belong to art. غلو; and their opinion is strengthened by the fact that] غَلْوَى signifies the same. (K in art. غلو.)
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