دحل

بِئْرٌ دَحُولٌ ذ A well hollowed in the sides, the water having eaten its interior: (S:) or a well of which the water, when it has been dug [ and cased ], is found to be beneath the rock on which its casing rests, wherefore it is dug [ further ] until its water is fetched out (K, TA) from beneath that rock: (TA:) and a well wide in the sides. (K.) And حُفْرَةٌ دَحُولٌ A hollow, or cavity, made deep, not in a straight direction, or not evenly. (Ham p. 477.) ― -b2- دَحُولٌ also signifies A she-camel that keeps aside from the other camels, over against them; (K, * TA;) like عَنُودٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- Also A flatterer: and an impostor, or a cheat: and so ↓ دَحِلٌ. (KL.)