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كَلَدٌ ذ [a coll. gen. n.] Rugged lands: (Msb, K:) n. un. with ة: (Msb, K:) or [hills such as are termed] إِِكَام: n. un. with ة: and ↓ كَلَنْدًى also signifies a hill of this kind: (K:) also, a hard place without pebbles; (S, K;) as also كَلَدَةٌ and ↓ كَلَنْدًى : (TA:) or the last two words signify a piece of rugged ground or land. (S.) The Arabs use the expression ضَبُّ كَلَدَةٍ, because the ضبّ burrows only in hard ground. (L.) ― -b2- أَبُو كَلَدَةٍ [in some copies of the K, كَلْدَةٍ] a surname of The male hyena. (L, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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