קצרא

קַצָּר, קַצְרָאI m. (preced. wds.) (one who causes shrinking, fuller, washer. Targ. Josh. 15:7, a. e. עין ק׳ (h. text עֵין רֹגֵל) the washers well.Y.Ber.IV, 7d top (Bab. ib. 28a כובס); a. fr.B. Kam. 119b ק׳ שמיה וק׳ שקיל ליה a fuller is named ḳatsra (a shortener), let the ḳatsra take it (the dark border of a white cloth belongs to the fuller).Pl. קַצְרַיָּא, קַצְרֵי. Targ. 1 Sam. 13:21. Targ. Is. 7:3 (ed. Wil. קציר׳, corr. acc.).Snh.92a, a. e., v. אוּבְלָא II. Taan.29b בטלי ק׳ דבי רב the fullers of the house of Rab are idle (during the week preceding the ninth of Ab); a. e.