רצף

רָצַף(b. h.; cmp. רָצַם) 1) to press, crush. Nidd.14a שמש רְצָפָהּ the membrum may have crushed it.Part. pass. רָצוּף; f. רְצוּפָה; pl. רְצוּפִים, רְצוּפִין; רְצוּפוֹת. Ib. מאכולתר׳ a crushed louse. 2) (cmp. כָּתַת a. denom.) to join closely, to place in rows; to pave with blocks. Ohol. XVIII, 5 הרוֹצֵף … באבנים if one paves an unclean field (v. פְּרָס) with stones. Y.Orl.I, beg.60c במשנה … לעצים ברוצף when he changes the usual order of planting; if he wants to use them for fuel, he plants the trees close together, , opp. משפה planting wide apart. Y.Kil.III, 28d bot. רוצף he who plants vegetables in a row, opp. עושה קלחים יחידים; a. e.Part. pass. as ab. Esth. R. to I, 6 היה ביתור׳וכ׳ his house was paved with precious stones and jewels. Neg. XI, 9 השתי אם היהר׳ if the warp (on the loom) is close (the threads being properly arranged). B. Bath.29a שלש … שאבלןר׳ by the three years of which they; speak is meant that he had the undisturbed usufruct for three years in succession, opp. מפוזרות. Ib. 37b אכלןר׳ if he has had the usufruct of trees planted close together in rows (which shows that they were intended to be transplanted when grown older). Ib. מכרןר׳וכ׳ if he sold closely planted trees, the buyer cannot claim the soil. Y.M. Kat. I, 80c top, a. e. ר׳, opp. מרווחין, v. רָוַוח Y.Gitt.VIII, end, 49d כר׳ when the signatures are close together, opp. מסורגין, v. סָרַג. Treat. Sofrim I, 10, v. סָרַג; a. fr.Trnsf. crowded, stuffed. Cant. R. to IV, 4; Gen. R. s. 32; a. fr., v. רֵיקָן. Nif. נִרְצַף to be squeezed, crushed. Nidd.25b, v. רָצַם. Bets.28b שפודשנ׳) (Ms. M. שנרצם, corr. acc.) a roasting spit which has been squeezed and bent, contrad. to נרצם.Tosef.M. Kat. I, 2 מרצפין ed. Zuck., read: מרבצין or מרביצין, v. רָבַץ.