حَاتَ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ

, aorist يَحُوتُ, (S,) verbal noun حَوْتٌ and حَوَتَانٌ, (K,) (assumed tropical:) He went, or circuited, round about the thing; said of a bird, (S, K, TA,) going, or circuiting, round about water [like a fish (حُوت) in water]; (TA;) and of a wild animal: (K:) as also حات بِهِ. (TA.)