- קַשְׁטָנִית
- קַשְׁטָנִיתf. (preced. art.) bow-shaped handle of a borer, ‘bow-drill (v. Sm. Ant.3> s. v. Terebra). Kel. XXI, 3 (ed. Dehr. קוּשְׁטָ׳). Tosef.Sabb. XIII (XIV), 17 מטלטלין את הקשט׳ Ar. (ed. הקַשְׁתָּ׳) you may handle the bow-drill (on the Sabbath); ולא יקדיח בק׳וכ׳ but you must not bore (a wine cask ) as you do on week days.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
