ختل

خَوْتَلَى خوتلى خوتلي A stealthy walk or gait: (O, K, TA:) or a walking on one side. (T, TA.) Hence the saying, هُوَ يَخْلِجُنِى بِعَيْنِهِ وَ يَمْشِى لِى الخَوْتَلَى [ He makes a sign to me with his eye, and walks to me stealthily, or sideways ]. (TA.)