خَيْط

1. خَيْطٌ

xayoTN xyT Thread, or string; or a thread or string; syn. silokN ; (S, K;) the thing with which one sews; (Msb;) [often used as a coll. gen. n.; n. un. with p ;] and ↓ xiyaATN [likewise] signifies the thing with which a garment, or piece of cloth, is sewed; as also ↓ mixoyaTN ; besides having anothe

2. خِيطٌ

xiyTN xyT (As, IDrd, S, K) and ↓ xayoTN (IDrd, Msb, K) and ↓ xayoTaY (S, K) (assumed tropical:) A collection, or flock, of ostriches, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) and a swarm of locusts, (K,) and a ↓ xayoT is sometimes of [wild] bulls or cows: (L, TA:) pl. [of pauc.] A^axoyaATN (IB) and [of mult.] xiyTaAnN : (

3. خَيَطٌ

xayaTN xyT (tropical:) Length of the neck of an ostrich, (S, TA,) and of the [ bones, such as are termed ] qaSab thereof: or, as some say, a constant mixture of blackness with whiteness therein: or their being in an uninterrupted line, like an extended xayoT [or thread ]. (TA.)