تلوى doesn't appear in Hans Wehr's Modern Standard Arabic dictionary, but Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon has 2 entries for it, distinguished by diacritics. Select one below for the full classical Arabic definition.

• تَلَوَّى Form 5

  5 تَلَوَّى ألوى لوى لوي تلو تلوى تلوي It twisted, or coiled, itself: (KL:) it became twisted, or coiled: one says, تَلَوَّتِ الحَيَّةُ. (MA.) -b2- تَلَوَّى مِنْ وَجَعِ الضَّرْبِ [He writhed by reason of the pain of beati…

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• تَلَوَّى

  تَلَوَّى ألوى لوى لوي تلو تلوى تلوي A kind of boat: (M, K:) of the measure فَعَوَّلٌ, (M, TA,) or فَعَلْوَلٌ: (TA:) so called because it follows the larger vessel: mentioned by Aboo-'Alee in the Tedhkireh. (M.)…

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