لَفِيتَةٌ

[A certain kind of gruel] made by straining water [or juice, or a decoction,] of the white colocynth, then putting it into a stone cookingpot, and cooking it until it has become thoroughly done and thickened, and then sprinkling flour upon it: (AHn:) or thickened عَصِيدَة: (IAth, K:) or thick عصيدة (S) of هَبِيد, i. e. حَنْظَل, [or colocynth]: (TA:) so called because it is stirred about and over لِأَنَّهَا تُلْفَتُ أَىْ تُلْوَى: (S:) [see لَفَتَ شَيْيءًا:] or broth resembling حَيْس: (K:) i. q. عَفِيتَةٌ. (TA, article عفت.) [See also وَطِييءَة.]