- מְרִיצָה
- מְרִיצָהI f. (רָצַץ) a tool for crushing bones, stones Shek. VIII, 2 חוץ מן … והמ׳ והמיוחדיןוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. המיוחדין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; Ms. M. והמרחצ׳; Y. ed. omits our w.) except the basket (for gathering disinterred bones for burial), the shovel, and the crusher, and things specially designated for burial purposes. Y. ib. 51a bot. מ״ד מ׳ שמריצה את האבן (v. Rabb. D. S. to Bab. ed., p. 68a>; Bab. ed. add לבית הקברות) he who calls the tool mritsah (instead of צפורן) does so, because it makes the stones run (fr. רוּץ), i. e. makes them portable.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.