פֶּקֶק

פֶּקֶקm. (preced.) 1) anything used to fill up gap (cmp. חֶדֶק), stop-gap, stopper. Sabb.XVII, 7 פ׳ חחלון the stopper of the sky-light (compluvium), v. פָּקַק. Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 9 נוטל את הפ׳וכ׳ he may take out the stopper between the two reservoirs Y.Ter.VIII, 45d אם היה הפ׳ חוצץ (not הוץ) if the stopper (of the bottle) is tight; Tosef. ib. VII, 16 (correct version in agreement with Y. l. c., v. פָּקַק). Y. l. c. כדי שינטל בפִיקְקוֹ so that the bottle can be lifted by its stopper; a. fr. 2) the place where a shoot is joined to the trunk or to a branch of the grape vine, knot. B. Kam.81a מן הפ׳ ולמעלה (you are permitted to take a shoot from a neighbors vine) from the knot and above it.