- עָשָׁן
- עָשָׁןm. (b. h.; v. עְשַׁן) (thick, cmp. עָב, אָבָק , smoke, Soot. Ker.6a מעלה ע׳ smoke-raiser (name of a plant). Yoma 21b עֲשַׁן המערכה the smoke rising from the pyre in the Temple; B. Bath. 147a; a. fr.Pl. עֲשַׁנִּים. Sabb.23a כל הע׳ יפיןוכ׳ all soots are good for making ink, but that produced by burning olive oil is the best.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
