- שְׁטַר
- שְׁטַרch. (preced.) to draw, spread, strike (butter, salve ). Targ. Is. 38:21 ויִשְׁטְרוּן ed. Vien. (ed. Lag. וישיטרון; ed. Wil. וישורטון), v. שְׁטַח.Gitt.69b ונִשְׁטְרִינְהוּ בכמכא and let him strike kamakh (v. כָּמַךְ) over it; (Rashi: let him soak it in k.). Ib. ונשטרינהו בדובשא and strike honey over it. Pes.44a אי מִשְׁטַר קָשְׁטַרוכ׳ if he spreads it (on bread) and eats it (Rashi: if he dips bread into it); Naz.36b. B. Mets.85b אִשְׁטַר לך משטר I will smear thee a salve (over thy eyes).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.