meaux (see Quatremère, Hist. des sult. maml., I, 1, p. 161, 162; Vullers, German translation of Mirkhond's Hist. des Seljoukides, p. 100; Barth, Reisen, I, p. 189), but also in speaking of a file of slaves, p. 4. قطع (I), with على in the sense of قطع الطريق على p. of; Alcala: robar salteando con armas. قطع – قَلْعَة – isolated mountain, p. 4. وهي جبال في العيان متصلة حتى اذا : Iqtakhri (Petrea Arabia) 4; when one reaches its middle, one sees each قلعة of it standing by itself, with the piercing wind surrounding each قلعة of it. And around them is sand, so that no one can ascend to the summit of each قلعة of it except with great difficulty. قطيعة, quarter of a city, p. 112; – herd (e.g., of wild oxen), p. 130; the Câmous gives this meaning under the root: رِف مقطع, quarry, the place from which stone is extracted, p. 2.r; Alcala: canteria minero de piedras. مُقَلَّعَ المُسَنَّات, canteria de aguzaderas, المسنّات, the latter word, which is also found in Alcala under aguzadera – مسنّات. plur. is properly مُسِنّ (Berggren: whetstone) مِسَنّ; Boethor, under stone: razor stone, حَاجِرُ المِسَنّ, but in the vulgar tongue one says مِسَنّ, as if this word derived from the root مِسَنّ; Boethor (under whetstone) also has: whetstone, حَاجِرُ مِسَنّ, compare on these new forms, the Glossary on Ibn-Djohair, p. 25); pedrera and vena de piedra, p. 381; Becri, p. 49; Cazwini, II, p. 337, l. 20; Maccari, I, p. 365, l. 9; p. 373, l. 4 ff. The word مضلع also means: place where wood is cut; Ibn-Haucal (Syria) – حَصَى التِّنَّات – فِيهِ, مُقَطَّعُ الخَشَبِ الصَّنُوبَرِ, Edrisi, Clim. IV, Sect. 5: مَنْعُ على شرب البَاحِرُ فِيهِ. piece of fabric in general (see Dozy, Vêtum. arabes, p. 368, Boethor under piece), and specifically linen fabric (Dozy, p. 180, 181; Alcala naval lienço; Ibn-Batouta, II, p. 186). المقاطع (السلطانية), p. ,. قُفْل, keystone, p. 18.