هلت1 هَلَتَ, [aor. ـُ and هَلِتَ?] inf. n. هَلْتٌ, He peeled a thing; or deprived it of its outer covering, or crust; syn. قَشَرَ. (K.) b2:  هَلَتَ الدَّمَ, as also سَلَتَ, He peeled off, or scraped off, (قشَرَ,) the [dried] blood with a knife. (Lh, L.) b3:  هَلتَ دَمَ البَدَنَةِ, [as also سَلَتَ,] He scratched the skin of the بدنة [or beast brought to Mekkeh for sacrifice, or there sacrificed, or the right reading is النَّدَبَةِ, i. e. the sear. (see سَلَتَ,)] with a knife, so that he made the blood to appear. (Lh, L, TA.) 7 انهلت يَعْدُو i. q. انسلت, (in the CK, انهلت بَعُدَ وانسلت,) He withdrew himself privately, or stole away, without being known to do so, running. (Ibn-El-Faraj, K.) هَلْتَى A certain plant; (S, K;) when it dries, it becomes red; and when it is eaten, and grows, it is called جَمِيمٌ: or, accord. to Az, a certain tree, growing like the صِلِّيَان, except that its colour inclines to red: or, accord. to Aboo-Ziyád, as AHn says, a plant of the kind called طَرِيفَة, growing like the صلّيان and the نَصِىّ, red when fresh and moist, and more red when it has dried: it is watery; and the camels and sheep &c. scarcely  ever eat it when they find any other herbage to serve them in its stead. (TA.) هُلَاتَةٌ The black filth that is washed away from the membrane which encloses a young lamb or kid in its mother's womb. (K, TA.) [For غُسَالَةُ السَّخْلَةِ السَّوْدَاءِ, as in the copies of the K in my hands, I read السوداءُ. b2:  See also هُلَابَةٌ.]هَلْتَاتٌ [accord. to the TA and a MS. copy of the K: in the CK هُلْتَاتٌ:] A company of people staying, or abiding, in a place; and of people journeying. (K.) So accord. to Az; but accord. to ISk, with ث. (L.)