قنطر

Q. 1 قَنْطَرَ الشّىْءِ ذ i. q. عَقَدَهُ وَأَحْكَمَهُ [ He tied, or knit, the thing; or, agreeably with modern usage, he arched, or vaulted, it; and made it firm, or strong ]. (Zj.) Hence what is called a قَنْطَرَة is thus called because of its being firmly, or strongly, knit together, or arched, or vaulted, لِاـِحْكَامِ عَقْدِهَا. (MF.) [It seems to signify He compacted the thing. ― -b2- Also, He collected the thing together into one aggregate; he aggregated it. See the pass. part. n., below.] -A2- قَنْطَرَ He (a man, TA) possessed property by the قِنْطَار: (K:) or became possessed of a قنطار of property: (TA:) or possessed large property, as though it were weighed by the قنطار. (ISd, TA.)