- חסם II
- חָסַםII (cmp. חסל) to peel, scrape, to polish, glaze, harden (steel). Tosef.Shebi.VI, 10; Y. ib. VIII, 38b bot. אין חוֹסְמִיןוכ׳ you must not use it for glazing stoves or ranges. Tosef.Bets.III, 16 כדי לחוֹסְמָן for the purpose of glazing them; Bets.34a לחַסְּמָן (Pi.).Y.M. Kat. I, end, 81a, v. infra.Tosef.Dem.IV, 12 משיחסום, read: משיתנם?) Pi. חִיסֵּם same. Bets. l. c., v. supra. Ib. מפני שצריד לחַסְּמָן because it is necessary to glaze the tiles (by heating them). Hithpa. הִתְחַסֵּם to be glazed. Y.M. Kat. I, end, 81a (read:) ואין מפיגין אותן בצונן כדי שיִתְחַסְּמוּ nor must you cool them off suddenly in order that they may be glazed (hardened). V. חִיסּוּם.
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