فُولَاذٌ

, (T, M, O, L, Msb, K,) an arabicized word, (T, O, Msb,) from the Pers. بُولَاد [or فُولَاد or Pُولَاد], (O,) and ↓ فَالُوذٌ also, (M, L, K,) Steel; i. e. purified and refined iron; or the pure part of iron; (T, M, O, L, Msb, K;) which is added in other iron: (M, L:) plural فَوَالِيذُ. (A.) One says, الضَّرْبُ بِالفَوَالِيذِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الضَّرَْبِ فِى الفَوَالِيذِ [The smiting with the weapons of steel in battle is better than the thick white honey in the sweet messes of the kind called فالوذ]. (A.)