טוש I

טוּשI (cmp. טוּחַ I) to cover with a cohesive substance, to polish (with a fatty matter); to besmear, soil, pollute. Pes.30b; Zeb.95b, a. e. אין טָשִׁיןוכ׳ one must not polish the stove with Tosef.B. Kam. IX, 31 (in a misplaced passage, belonging after שבידיו; read:) הרָק כנגד פני חבירו וטָש פניו (ref. to Is. 50:6b) who spat into or besmeared his neighbors face; (cmp. Mish. ib. VIII, 6; Sifra Emor Par. 14, ch. XX). Pilpel טִשְׁטֵש (fr. טָשַׁש) 1) to make viscid, soften. Taan.22b מְטַשְׁטְשִׁין את הארץ (the heavy rains) make the soil muddy and it yields no fruit; Yalk. Lev. 671. 2) to smear over, besmear. Part. pass. מְטוּשְׁטָש, pl. מְטוּשְׁטָשִׁין. Pes.65b היו בגדיו מט׳ if his (the priests) garments were besmeared (with blood ); Zeb.18a, sq.; ib. 35a.Meg.18b אותיות מְטוּשְׁטָשוֹת letters made illegible by being smeared over. Nithpalp. נִיטַּשְׁטֵש, Hithpa. הִיטַּשְׁטֵש to be smeared over, be dirty. B. Bath. 168b נמחק או נט׳ if the writing was blotted out or blurred. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.IV, 13 נִטַּשְׁטְשָׁה a metal mirror which became blurred (blind). Sabb.81a נִיטַּשְׁטְשוּ Ms. M. (ed. נשטש׳, corr. acc.) the spots were washed away (became indistinct). Cant. R. to VIII, 9 a picture on a wall אע״פ שמִטַּשְׁטֶשֶׁת (prob. שמְטוּשְׁטֶשֶׁת, v. supra) even if it be smeared over.