تور1 تَارَ, aor. ـُ (TA in art. تير,) inf. n. تَوْرٌ, (K,) It (water, TA) ran, or flowed: (K, TA:) but this verb is obsolete. (TA in art. تير.) A2: تِيرَ الرَّجُلُ [app. for ثُئِرَ] Blood-revenge was had of the man. (M. [See also تَارَةٌ.]) 3 تاورهُ He returned to him, or it, time after time; syn. عَاوَدَهُ. (A. [See also 4.]) 4 اتارهُ He repeated it, or did it again, time after time. (S in art. تير, M, K.) b2:  He continued to look at him, or it, time after time. (TA.) And أَتَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ النَّظَرَ, (T, K *) and الرَّمْىBَ, inf. n. إِتَارَةٌ, (T,) i. q. أَتْأَرْتُهُ, (K,) i. e. I looked at him sharply, or intently: (TA:) [or time after time:] and I cast, or shot, at him time after time. (T.) b3: فُلَانٌ يُتَارُ عَلَى أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ is said by AA to mean Such a one is encompassed, or gone round, (يُدَارُ,) in order that he may be taken: and he cites, from a poem of ' Ámir Ibn-Ketheer El-Moháribee, لَقَدْ غَضِبُوا عَلَىَّ وَأَشْقَذُونِىفَصِرْتُ كَأَنَّنِى فَرَأٌ يُتَارُ [as though meaning They have been angry with me, and driven me away, and I have become as though I were a wild ass encompassed in order to be taken]: or, accord. as some relate it, ↓ مُتَارُ: (S:) [and it is said that] this signifies cast at, or shot at, time after time. (T, L. [See also art. تأر.]) تَارٌ: see تَارَةٌ.تَوْرٌ A messenger (S, M, A, Msb, K) between  people, (S, M, K,) or that goes about between lovers: (A:) accord. to IDrd, (S,) a genuine Arabic word: (S, M:) pl. أَتْوَارٌ. (Msb.) and تَوْرَةٌ A girl who is sent on messages between lovers. (IAar, T, K.) A2:  A vessel, (S,) a certain wellknown vessel, (T, Msb,) a small vessel, (A, Mgh, K,) from which one drinks: (S, Mgh, K:) a vessel of brass, or of stone, like the إِجَّانَة: (TA:) sometimes also used for the ablution termed وُضُوْء: (A, Mgh, TA:) so called from the same word as signifying the act of “ running ” or “ flowing ”[of water], (TA,) because it is mutually borrowed and returned; or from the same word as signifying “ a messenger: ” (A, TA:) of the masc. gender: (T, A, K:) [or fem., for Z says,] I  passed, at the Gate of El-'Omrah, [of the Temple of Mekkeh,] by a woman who was saying to her female neighbour, أَعِيرِينِى تُوَيْرَتَكِ [Lend thou to me thy little تَوْر: for had she considered تور as masc., she would have said تُوَيْرَكِ]. (A.) b2: تَوْرٌ نُحَاسٌ A cooking-pot of copper. (Mgh.) A3: تَوْرُ المَآءِ i. q. طُحْلُبٌ, i. e. A green substance that overspreads stagnant water. (Msb.) تَارَةٌ, originally with ء, which is suppressed on account of frequent usage, (IAar, Msb,) and sometimes pronounced with ء; (Msb;) or its ا is [originally] و [and therefore it is mentioned in most of the lexicons in the present art.]; (Lth, T;) [or ى, for it is mentioned in the S in art. تير;] A time; one time; [in the sense of the French fois;] syn. مَرَّةٌ: (S, M, A, Msb, K:) and a time, whether long or short; syn. حِينٌ: (M, K:) sometimes [pronounced ↓ تَارٌ,] without ة: (S:) pl. تَارَاتٌ (Lth, T, S, M, Msb, K) and تِيَرٌ; (Lth, T, S, M, K;) the latter a contraction of تِيَارٌ; like as they said قَامَاتٌ and قِيَمٌ, because of the unsound letter. (S. [See also art. تأر.]) Yousay, فَعَلَ ذٰلِكَ تَارَةً بَعْدَ تَارَةً He did that time after time. (S.) And هٰذِهِ شَرٌّ تَارَاتِكَ This is the worst of thy times. (A.) A2:  يَا تَارَاتِ فُلَانٍ [app. meaning O the blood-revenge of such a one!] (M, K) is mentioned by Lh, (M,) or AA, (TA,) but not explained by him: and he cites the saying of Hassán, لَتَسْمَعَنَّ وَشِيكًا فِى دِيَارِهِمُ اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ يَا تَارَاتِ عُثْمَانَ [which probably means Thou wilt assuredly hear speedily, in their abodes, “God is most great! O the blood-revenge of 'Othmán! ” for ISd says,] in my opinion, (M,) تارات is formed by transposition from وِتْرٌ signifying blood [or rather bloodrevenge], (M, K, *) though not agreeing with it in measure: (M:) and وشيكا here means سَرِيعًا: so says IB. (TA in art. وشك.) [See also ثَأْرٌ.]تَائِرٌ Applying himself constantly, or perseveringly, to work, after remitting, or remissness. (K.) تَيَّارٌ: see art. تير.مُتَارٌ: see 4.