غلى

غَالِيَةٌ ذ [ Galia moschata, ] a sort of perfume, (S, K,) well known; (K;) a certain compound of perfumes; (Msb;) musk mixed or boiled [ with other perfumes ]; (MA;) or a perfume composed of musk and ambergris and camphor and oil of ben: (KL:) it is said that the first who called it thus was Suleymán Ibn-'Abd-El-Melik; (S, TA;) and he did so because it is a compound boiled together upon the fire: or it was thus named by Mo'áwiyeh; the case being, that 'Abd-Allah Ibn-Jaafar went in to him, and the odour of perfume was diffusing itself from him; so he said, “ What is thy perfume, O 'Abd-Allah? ” and he answered, “ musk and ambergris combined with oil of ben; ” whereupon Mo'áwiyeh said, غَالِيَةٌ, meaning highpriced: (TA:) [hence some hold the word to belong to art. غلو; and their opinion is strengthened by the fact that] غَلْوَى signifies the same. (K in art. غلو.)