A collective body (
O,
K) of men; (
O;) and
↓
قَثَاثَةٌ signifies the same. (
K.) One says,
اِنْتَقَلَ القَوْمُ بِقَثِيثَتِهِمْ [and
↓
بِقَثَاثَتِهِمْ (in the O erroneously written
قَثَاثِيهِمْ)]
The people, or
party, removed with their collective body. (
O.)