צחצח I

צִחְצֵחַI (v. צחח) 1) to polish, furbish; to clarify, make clear. B. Mets.84a משיְצַחְצְחָן במים arms are considered finished, when the smith has furbished (steeled) them by putting them in cold water. R. Hash. 33a מים … כדי לצַחְצְחוֹ you may pour water or wine into the Shofar to make its sound clear. Nidd.25b מְצַחְצְחוֹ, v. טָרַ־.Part. pass. מְצוּחְצָח; f. מְצוּחְצֶחֶת; Pl. מְצוּחְצָהִין; מְצוּחְצָחוֹת. Lev. R. s. 1, v. אִסְפַּקְלַרְיָא. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18, v. צִחְצוּחַ. 2) to become or be clear. Y.Nidd.II, 50a bot. במְצַחְצֵחַ when the blood is clear (fluid). Ib. b top, opp. מקדיר. Ib. אפי׳ מְצַחְצְחִין even when the blood is clear. Deut. R. s. 1 לשונו … ומצַחְצְחָה מידוכ׳ his tongue is cured and speaks at once clearly in teaching the words of the Law.