علو

عَلَاةٌ ذ The سِنْدَان [or anvil ], (S, Mgh, K, TA,) whether of شجر [app. meaning of such as are made from trees, or perhaps this is a mistranscription for صَخْر, i. e. rock ], or of iron; or the زُبْرَة [i. e. iron anvil ] upon which the blacksmith beats iron: (TA:) pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ عَلًا. (S.) ― -b2- Hence it is applied to a she-camel, as being likened thereto in respect of her hardness: you say نَاقَةٌ عَلَاةُ الخَلْقِ (assumed tropical:) [ A she-camel hard, or firm, in respect of make ]: (S:) or عَلَاةٌ thus applied signifies tall, or overtopping; as also ↓ عِلْيَانٌ, and ↓ عِلِّيَانٌ: (K, TA:) or ↓ عِلْيَانٌ, (TA,) or ↓ عَلْيَانٌ, (S,) and ↓ عِلِّيَانٌ, (TA,) signify, thus applied, tall and bulky; (S, TA;) or, as some say, outstripping in pace or journeying; never seen otherwise than before the other camels. (TA.) ― -b3- Also A stone [ placed upon two other stones called حِمَارَانِ (q. v.)] upon which is put [ to dry the preparation of curd called ] أَقِط: (S, K, TA:) or, as some say, a piece of rock upon which is made a circle of أَخْثَاآء [or lumps of dung such as is called خِثْى (q. v.)] and bricks, or crude bricks, (لَبِن,) and ashes, and in, or upon, which أَقَط is then cooked: pl. [or coll. gen. n.] as above. (TA.) ― -b4- And A thing like the [ milking-vessel called ] عُلْبَة, around which [ dung such as is called ] خِثْى is put, and which is used for milking therein. (K.)