once, sometimes

I continued to look at him time after time (تَارَةً بَعْدَ تَارَةٍ): (T, TA:) or I looked at him sharply, or intently. (Fr, T, M, K.) And أَتْأَرْتُهُ بَصَرِى, (T, S, M, K,) and أَتْأَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ البَصَرَ, (K,) I followed him with my eye; made my eye to follow him. (S, M, K.) [See also art. تور.]

, without ء on account of frequent usage, (IAar, T, Msb in art. تور, and K,) A time; one time; [in the sense of the French fois;] syn.

: (Msb, K:) or a time, whether long or short; syn. حِينٌ: (IAar:) sometimes, however, it is pronounced تَأْرَةٌ: (Msb:) pl. تِيأَرٌ (T, Msb, K) and تِيأَارٌ: (Msb:) these are pls. of تَأْرَةٌ; but the pl. of تَارَةٌ without ء is تَارَاتٌ (Msb) and تِيَرٌ (S in art. تير, and K and K in art. تور,) and تِيَارٌ. (S in art. تير.) [See also art. تور.]

in the saying " فَصِرْتُ كَأَنَّنِى فَرَأٌ مُتَارُ " is [said by ISd to be] for مُتْأَرٌ [pass. part. n. of أَتْأَرَ; so that the meaning is, And I became as though I were a wild ass looked at sharply or intently, or followed by the eye, in order to be captured or shot]. (M, TA. [But see art. تور.])