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خَطٌّ خط A line, streak, or stripe; in, or upon, a thing: (K:) pl. خُطُوطٌ (S, K) and أَخْطَاطٌ; (K;) the latter, [a pl. of pauc.,] used by El-'Ajjáj: (TA:) and ↓ خُطَّةٌ is [syn. with خَطٌّ as explained above, being] a subst. form [the inf. n.] الخَطُّ, like as نُقْطَةٌ is from النَّقْطُ: (S, K: *) you say, ↓ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الحِمَارِ خُطَّتَانِ Upon the back of the ass are two lines, or streaks, differing in colour from the rest of the body. (TA.) ― -b2- [In mathematics, A line. And hence, خَطُّ الاِسْتِوَآءِ The equinoctial line.] ― -b3- A slight track, or path, or road, in plain, or smooth, or soft, ground: pl. as above. (K.) And A road, or path: (Th, K:) as in the saying, اِلْزَمْ ذٰلِكَ الخَطَّ وَلَا تَظْلِمْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا [Keep thou to that road, or path, and do not deviate from it at all]: or in this sense the word is ↓ خُطٌّ . (TA.) Also A road, or way, or street, that is a common thoroughfare; and so ↓ خُطٌّ . (IDrd, K.) ― -b4- (tropical:) [A streak, or stripe, of herbage.] You say, الكَلَأُ خُطُوطٌ فِى الأَرْضِ (tropical:) The herbage consists of streaks, or stripes, upon the ground; the rain not having watered the country in common. (L, TA.) ― -b5- Writing, and the like. (TA.) [Handwriting. Character; or particular form of letters. ― -b6- See also 1.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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