علو

عَلْوٌ ذ : see عُلْوٌ in five places. ― -b2- Also A high, or an elevated, state of the base, or foundation, of a building. (TA.) ― -b3- And you say, أَخَذَهُ عَلْوًا, meaning (assumed tropical:) He took him, or it, by force. (K, TA.) See also the next but one of the preceding paragraphs.