קשקשת

קַשְׂקֶשֶׂתf. (b. h.; קשׂשׂ, cmp. כָּסָה I, a. קִסְיָה) (incision, rough skin, coat of scales. Ḥull.III, 7. Nidd.VI, 9; Ḥull.66b, v. סְנַפִּיר. Ib. 27b עיפות … ק׳ ברגליהןוכ׳ fowls have on their feet a scaly skin like fishes, v. חַסְפְּנִיתָא. Ib. 66b הוה אמינא מאי ק׳ סנפיר I might have thought ḳasḳeseth (rough skin) refers to fins. Ib. וממאי דק׳ לבושא הוא (Ms. R. 2 קלפי נינהו) and whence do we learn that ḳ. means a covering (scales)? (Answ. ref. to 1 Sam. 17:5); a. fr.Sifra Shmini, Shratsim, ch. IV, Par. 3 ק׳ אחת one set of scales.Pl. קַשְׂקַשִּׂים, קַשְׂקַשִּׂין. Ib. המרבה בק׳וכ׳, v. סְנַפִּיר. Ib. (ref. to אפיקי מגנים, Job 41:7) אלו ק׳ that means scales; Ḥull.67b. Ib. III, 7 ואלו הן ק׳ הקבועין בווכ׳ by ḳaskassin we mean those which are inflexible, by snappirin those with which the fish moves.Tosef.Ohol.XVII, 3 שדה ק׳ (ed. Zuck. a. R. S. to Ohol. XVII, 1 קַסְקַסִּים) a field full of scales (where all sorts of refuse are deposited).