שחז

שָׁחַז(cmp. חָזָה) to expose to sight, uncover. Part. pass. f. שְׁחוּזָה; pl. שְׁחוּזוֹת. Sabb.V, 2 רחלות יוצאות ש׳ ewes (on the Sabbath) may he led out (with their posteriors) exposed; ib. 53b מאי שח̇וז̇ות שאוח̇ז̇יןוכ׳ what is shḥuzoth? They tie their tails up in order Ib. מאי משמע דהאי ש׳ לישנא דגלוי הוא what evidence is there that shḥuzoth has the meaning of uncovering? (Answ. ref. to שיה זֹונה, Prov. 7:10, v. שוּזָה.) Hif. הִשְׁחִיז to brighten, polish; to whet, sharpen. Kel. XIV, 5 הסכין משיַשְׁחִיזֶנָּה the knife becomes susceptible of levitical uncleanness, when he (the manufacturer) polishes it. Ḥull.II, 3 ה׳ … ועףוכ׳ if one whetted the knife and (in beginning to cut) felt tired, and another person continued the cutting. Bets.III, 7 אין מַשְׁחִיזִיןוכ׳ you must not whet the knife (to slaughter on the Holy Day), but , v. נָשָׂא. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. אין מוכרין … ואין משחיזיןוכ׳ you must not sell them (the gentiles in Palestine) weapons or armor, nor may you sharpen weapons for them; a. fr.