غَلْظٌ

Rough, or rugged, land or ground; (ISd, K;) mentioned on the authority of Ibn-'Abbád; and by AHn, on the authority of En-Nadr; but it has been repudiated: and is said to be correctly ↓ غِلَظٌ: ISd says, of the former word, “ I know not whether it be [properly] synonym with غَلِيظٌ, or whether it be a verbal noun used as an epithet: ” according to Kr, it signifies hard land without stones: Ks says that غَلْظٌ is synonym with ↓ غِلَظٌ. (TA.)