חָנַט

חָנַט(b. h.) 1) to assume shape, form a texture; (of trees) to show a distinct shape of fruits, to form fruits; (of fruits and leaves) to assume a distinct shape (v. חֲנָטָה). R. Hash. 14b אתרוג שחָנְטוּ פירותיו Ms. M. (ed. פירותיה) an Ethrog-tree whose fruits were formed before the fifteenth of Shebat. Ib. אילן שחנטווכ׳ a tree whose fruits Y.Shebi.5, beg.35d אילן שח׳ a tree which formed fruits. Tosef. ib. IV, 20; a. fr. 2) (to be handsome; (Arab.) to be red, to make handsome, or flagrant, esp. to embalm. Gen. R. s. 100.