מִשְׁקוֹלֶת

מִשְׁקוֹלֶתf. (b. h. מִשְׁקֹלֶת; שָׁקַל; sub. אבן) plummet. Kel. XXIX, 3. חוט המ׳ plumb-line. B. Bath. II, 13 כנגד המ׳ measure by the plummet (cutting off all branches as far as they hang over the border line); Tosef. ib. I, 15; cmp. מְטוֹטֶלֶת; a. e.Pl. מִשְׁקוֹלוֹת. Kel. XII, 8 Talm. ed. המטולטלות והמ׳ (Mish. ed., a. ed. Dehr. מִשְׁקָלוֹת) two kinds of plummets (R. S. weights, v. מִשְׁקָל).