עששית

עֲשָׁשִׁיתf. (v. אָשַׁש a. עֶשֶׁת) 1) ע׳ של ברזל wrought iron, bar, ball.Pl. עֲשָׁשִׁיּוֹת. Yoma 34b ע׳ של ברזלוכ׳ lumps of wrought iron were heated for the high priest on the eve of the Day of Atonement; Tosef. ib. I, 20 (Var. עששית); Y. ib. III, 40c עֲשָׁשוֹת. Ab. Zar.16a אין מוכרין להם ע׳וכ׳ we must not sell them (the Romans) iron bars, … because they forge arms out of them (expl. פרזלא הינרואה, v. הִינְדָּוָא). Snh.108b יש לנו ע׳וכ׳ we have iron plates with which we can pave the ground (to prevent water coming up). 2) (v. אֶשֶׁש) glass ball, crystal, reflector, lantern. Ber.25b בע׳ covered with a translucent substance. Ib. 53a ע׳ שהיתה דולקתוכ׳ a lantern which has been burning the whole day (of the Sabbath); Y. ib. VI, 12b bot. R. Hash. 24a ראינוהו בע׳ we have seen the reflection of the moon in a crystal, v. אֶשֶׁש; a. e.Pl. as ab. Sabb.154b היתה בהמתו … וע׳ if his beast is laden with … glass lumps, expl. ib. בבולסא, v. בּוּלְסָא.