- מַעֲזֵילָא
- מַעֲזֵילָאm. (עֲזַל) spinner. Koh. R. to VII, 9 (prov.) היכמא דמ׳ עזיל על פלכתיה כן סליק ליה מפלכתיה (not בפ׳; strike out הוא נסיב, being a Var. lect. or gloss to סליק) as the spinner winds (the yarn) on his distaff, so will it get off his distaff, i. e. the rash man hurts none but himself; v. גִּיסָא III.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
