غَلْوَةٌ

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غَلْوَةٌ The limit, or utmost extent, of a shot or throw; [i. e.] any مَرْمَاة: [generally, a bow-shot; i. e.] the measure, space, or extent, of a single shooting of an arrow: [or the utmost measure of a bow-shot; i. e.] a shot of an arrow to the utmost possible distance; also termed غَايَةٌ: said to be from three hundred to four hundred cubits: the twenty-fifth part of a complete فَرْسَخ [q. v.]: or it is reckoned by some as four hundred cubits, and by others as two hundred cubits: (Msb voce مِيلٌ [q. v.]:) pl. غَلَوَاتٌ and غِلَآءٌ. Hence, it is said in a prov., جَرْىُ المُذَكِّيَاتِ غِلَآءٌ, or, as some relate it, غِلَابٌ. (TA. See art. ذكو.) [Thus] غَلْوَةٌ is sometimes used in relation to horse-racing.

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