כבסא

כְּבָסָא, כּוּבְסָאm. (כבס) something pressed, ball, lump, esp. 1) cluster of dates. Sabb.67a כמאן תלינן כבסא בויקלא Ar. (ed. כּוּבְסֵי), Ms. O. כְּבָסֵי pl., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70) by what authority dare we suspend a cluster of dates on a sterile date-tree (and not consider it a forbidden superstitious practice)? Macc.8a ומתייח לכ׳ (ed. לכְּבָאטָא, Ms. M. a. Rashi לכובסא) and it (the struck twig) struck the cluster. 2) (trnsf.) testicles: Sbebu. 41a האי נקטיה בכוּבְסֵיח … לגלומיה that is “held him by his testicles that he may give up his cloak; i. e. this is force worse than laying distress on his property; B. Mets. 101b.