שָׁחַק

שָׁחַק(b. h.) to rub, grind, pound. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18 ולמה … שחקים שהן שוֹחֲקִין אלו באלו why are the clouds named shḥaḳim? Because they rub against one another. Gen. R. s. 13, a. e., v. שַׁחַק II. Bets.II, 8 שוחקין את הפלפליןוכ׳ you may grind pepper on the pepper-mill (on the Holy Day). Y.Ber.VI, 10a top שְׁחָקָןוכ׳ if he mashed them (the turnips), he must say the benediction , opp. אם בעיינן הן if they are in their natural shape; a. fr.(Yalk. Cant. 988 שחק, v. שָׁחַין.Part. pass. שָׁחוּק; f. שְׁחוּקָה; pl. שְׁחוּקִים, שְׁחוּקִין; שְׁחוּקות a) ground, pounded, mashed. Y. Ber. l. c. ויין לאו ש׳ הוא is wine not a product gained by pounding?; ib. ופת לאו ש׳ היא is not bread a product ?; ib. שאר …אע״פ שש׳ הןוכ׳ all other things, although produced by pounding (like olive-oil ) are ritually treated as if in their natural state; a. e.b) (cmp. שָׁחַף) lean, meagre. Y.Dem.II, beg.22b שחוקה היא (R. S. to Dem. II, 1 שְׁחִיקָא ch.) the fig of Bozrah is stunted. Pi. שִׁיחֵק 1) same; part. pass, מְשוּחָק; pl. מְשוּחָקִים, מְשוּחָקִין rubbed, worn-out, threadbare. Tosef.Men.I, 8; Zeb.18a, v. רָשֵׁל; ib. b; a. e. 2) to curse the memory of a person, v. next w. Nif. נִשְׁחַק to be ground. Ab. dR. N. ch. I נִשְׁחֲקוּ עצמותיו his bones were ground, i. e. his memory is cursed, v. next w.