عُنْتُوتٌ

With the article ال, A mountain, (O,) or tapering mountain, (K,) in the صَحْرَاء [or desert]: (O, K:) or, according to the L, a small mountain tapering into [or towards] the sky (جُبَيْلٌ مُسْتَدِقٌّ فِى السَّمَاءِ): and it is said to be دون الحرة [apparently دُونَ الحَرَّةِ; but there seems to be here an omission or a mistranscription; for of the various meanings that may be assigned to this phrase, none seems to be apposite: I incline to think that العُنْتُوتُ thus explained is the proper name of a particular mountain]. (TA.)

عُنْتُوتٌ signifies also The notch in a bow: according to Az, (TA,) the عُنْتُوت of the bow is the notch into which enters the غَانَة, i. e. the ring at the head of the string. (O, TA.)

And The first, or beginning, or commencement, of anything. (O, K.)

And Dry حَلِىّ, (O, and so in the CK, [in my MS. copy of the K حَلْى, and thus according to the TA, but this is evidently a mistake,]) which is a certain plant. (TA.)