هلت

1 هَلَتَ ذ , [aor. هَلُتَ , and هَلِتَ ?] inf. n. هَلْتٌ, He peeled a thing; or deprived it of its outer covering, or crust; syn. قَشَرَ. (K.) ― -b2- هَلَتَ الدَّمَ, as also سَلَتَ, He peeled off, or scraped off, (قشَرَ,) the [ dried ] blood with a knife. (Lh, L.) ― -b3- هَلتَ دَمَ البَدَنَةِ, [as also سَلَتَ,] He scratched the skin of the بدنة [or beast brought to Mekkeh for sacrifice, or there sacrificed, or the right reading is النَّدَبَةِ, i. e. the sear. (see سَلَتَ,)] with a knife, so that he made the blood to appear. (Lh, L, TA.)