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רִיסII m. (רוס = רוץ) (course, 1) ris, a measure of length, 2/15 of a mile (stadium). B. Mets.33a (Ar. רוס, expl. as numerical value רו״ס = 266 cubits). B. Kam.VII, 7 (79b) שלשיםר׳ thirty ris (four miles). Ib. 83a; a. fr. 2) race-course (stadium), arena. Cant. R. to I, 3 בית מדרשו … כמיןר׳ the college hall of R. El. was shaped like an arena (an oblong with seats on both sides).Pl. רִיסִים. Y.B. Mets.V, 10c bot. (in Chald. dict.) אילין דמפרשין לר׳, v. קסוסטבן. 3) ר׳ של עין (v. חָרִיץ) eye-lid with eye-lashes. Bekh.VI, 2 (38a), v. חָרִיץ. Ib. 38b top מאי הר׳ … תוראוכ׳ what is haris?… The outer row of the eye. Sifra Emor, ch. VI, Par. 7 (expl. חרוץ, Lev. 22:22) ר׳ של עיניווכ׳ one whose eye-lid is perforated, nipped, or split.Pl. as ab., constr. רִיסֵי. Bekh.43b שנשרור׳ עיניו whose eye-lids are hairless. Snh.104b. Neg. VIII, 6. Kidd.31a מביןר׳ עיניךוכ׳ from thy eye-lids can be seen that thou art a widows son. Hor.12a נותנין …ר׳ עיניו they put the oil of anointment between his eye-lids; a. fr.