פָּדַּחַת

פָּדַּחַתf. front, forehead. Yeb.120a פ׳ ולא פרצוף … ולא פ׳וכ׳ an identification by the forehead without the face, or by the face. without the forehead is illegal; Bekh.46b. Ib.; Nidd.III, 5 איזהו רוב ראשו משתצא פַּדַּחְתּוֹ (not משיצא) what is ‘the larger part of its (the infants) head? when its forehead comes forth. Macc.20b ולפדחתו, v. פֵּאָה; a. e.