- רָמַץ
- רָמַץ(cmp. רָמַס) (to crush, denom. רֶמֶץ, to roll or bake in hot ashes (רֶמֶץ). Part. pass. רָמוּץ; f. רְמוּצָה; דלעת הר׳ a certain kind of cucumbers made edible by baking in hot ashes, Bitter Apple. Ned.VI, 1 (49a) דלעת הר׳ (Bab. ed. הרמוצא), expl. ib. 51a דלעת הטמונה ברמץ a cucumber steeped in hot ashes; (another definition, v. קַרְקוֹזָאָה). Kil. I, 5; Tosef. ib. I, 5, expl. Y. ib. I, 27a כמין דלעת מרה … ברמץ a kind of bitter cucumber which is sweetened by rolling it in ashes; Y.Ned.VI, 39c bot. ברימצא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.