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A ship of war, prepared for fighting with. the unbelievers on the sea: mentioned by El-Makreezee in the “ Khitat; ” and he says, “ I do not think this word to be [genuine] Arabic: ” (TA:) [it is evidently from the Greek στόλος:] several writers mention it among arabicized words. (MF, TA.)