كالبهُ
1.
, verbal noun مُكَالَبَةٌ (S, K, TA) and كِلَابٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He acted in an evil manner, or injuriously, towards him; or contended against him: (S, K:) he straitened, or distressed, him, (K,) as dogs do, one to another, when set upon each other: (TA:) he acted with open enmity, or hostility, to him: (Msb:) and
تَكَالُبٌ (verbal noun of 6) is synonym with مُكَالَبَةٌ. (S.)
2.
كَالَبَتِ الإِبِلُ, (verbal noun مُكَالَبَةٌ, TA,) The camels fed upon
كَلَالِيب, i. e., the thorns of trees. (K.)
3.
Also sometimes signifying The camels pastured upon dry, or tough,
حش [apparently a mistake for خَشّ “ what is very rough ”]. (TA.)