כְּתִישָׁה

כְּתִישָׁהf. (כָּתַש) crushing, pounding. Sabb.74a עני … בלא כ׳ a poor man eats his bread without pounding the grain before grinding (to remove the husks), v. כָּתַש. Bets.7b והא קא עביד כ׳ but (by crushing the clods of earth) does he not do the (forbidden) act of pounding? Cant. R. to I, 3 מה השמן … אלאע״י כ׳וכ׳ as the oil cannot be improved except by pounding (the olives), so can Israel only by suffering; Men.53b מה זית …ע״י כ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כתית, corr. acc.) as the olive gives forth its oil only through pounding ; Yalk. Jer. 289.