مَحَالَةٌ
Root: حول
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مَحَالَةٌ
: see حِيلَةٌ, in four places.
2 Also A machine (مَنْجَنُون, Lth, K) over which [passes the rope whereby] water is drawn: and, or as some say, a great بَكْرَة [or sheave of a pulley], (S in art. محل, and K,) by means of which camels draw water: [see سَانِيَةٌ:] pl. مَحَاوِلُ and [coll. gen. n.] مَحَالٌ .
3 The vertebræ; as also مَحَالٌ : (K: [in the CK, الفَقَارِ is erroneously put for الفَقَارُ:]) or the latter has this meaning; and the former signifies a single vertebra: and the م may be radical: pl. مَحَالَاتٌ. (T in art. ملح.)
4 The middle (وَاسِط, as in the M and O; in the K, erroneously, وَاسِطَة, TA) of the back; as also مَحَالٌ : but accord. to some, the م is radical.
2 Also A machine (مَنْجَنُون, Lth, K) over which [passes the rope whereby] water is drawn: and, or as some say, a great بَكْرَة [or sheave of a pulley], (S in art. محل, and K,) by means of which camels draw water: [see سَانِيَةٌ:] pl. مَحَاوِلُ and [coll. gen. n.] مَحَالٌ .
3 The vertebræ; as also مَحَالٌ : (K: [in the CK, الفَقَارِ is erroneously put for الفَقَارُ:]) or the latter has this meaning; and the former signifies a single vertebra: and the م may be radical: pl. مَحَالَاتٌ. (T in art. ملح.)
4 The middle (وَاسِط, as in the M and O; in the K, erroneously, وَاسِطَة, TA) of the back; as also مَحَالٌ : but accord. to some, the م is radical.
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