مَحَالَةٌ

Also A machine (مَنْجَنُون, Lth, K) over which [passes the rope whereby] water is drawn: (Lth, TA:) and, (K,) or as some say, (TA,) a great بَكْرَة [or sheave of a pulley], (S in article محل, and K,) by means of which camels draw water: (S ubi suprà and TA:) [see سَانِيَةٌ:] plural مَحَاوِلُ and [coll. gen. n.] مَحَالٌ. (K.)

The vertebræ; as also مَحَالٌ: (K: [in the CK, الفَقَارِ is erroneously put for الفَقَارُ:]) or the latter has this meaning; and the former signifies a single vertebra: and the م may be radical: (M, TA:) plural مَحَالَاتٌ. (T in article ملح.)

The middle (وَاسِط, as in the M and O; in the K, erroneously, وَاسِطَة, TA) of the back; (M, O, K;) as also مَحَالٌ: but according to some, the م is radical. (TA.)