عَلَاةٌ
1.
The سِنْدَان [or anvil], (S, Mgh, K, TA,) whether of
شجر [apparently meaning of such as are made from trees, or perhaps this is a mistranscription for صَخْر, i. e. rock], or of iron; or the زُبْرَة [i. e. iron anvil] upon which the blacksmith beats iron: (TA:) plural [or rather coll. gen. n.]
عَلًا. (S.)
2.
Hence it is applied to a she-camel, as being likened thereto in respect of her hardness: you say نَاقَةٌ عَلَاةُ الخَلْقِ (assumed tropical:) [A she-camel hard, or firm, in respect of make]: (S:) or عَلَاةٌ thus applied signifies tall, or overtopping; as also
عِلْيَانٌ, and
عِلِّيَانٌ: (K, TA:) or
عِلْيَانٌ, (TA,) or
عَلْيَانٌ, (S,) and
عِلِّيَانٌ, (TA,) signify, thus applied, tall and bulky; (S, TA;) or, as some say, outstripping in pace or journeying; never seen otherwise than before the other camels. (TA.)
3.
Also A stone [placed upon two other stones called
حِمَارَانِ (q. v.)] upon which is put [to dry the preparation of curd called] أَقِط: (S, K, TA:) or, as some say, a piece of rock upon which is made a circle of
أَخْثَاء [or lumps of dung such as is called
خِثْى (q. v.)] and bricks, or crude bricks, (لَبِن,) and ashes, and in, or upon, which
أَقَط
is then cooked: plural [or coll. gen. n.] as above. (TA.)
4.
And A thing like the [milking-vessel called] عُلْبَة, around which [dung such as is called] خِثْى
is put, and which is used for milking therein. (K.)