- מְשַׁמֶּרֶת
- מְשַׁמֶּרֶתf. (שָׁמַר Pa.) filter, strainer. Sabb.XX, 1 you may suspend (spread out) a strainer Y.Ter.VIII, 45d המ׳ של יין a strainer filled with wine; a. fr.Trnsf. Ab. V, 15 מ׳ a scholar retaining what is useless and discarding the useful knowledge.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.