אָבַס

אָבַס(b. h.; √אב, cmp. אפץ) to stuff; to fatten, feed (act. a. neut.) B. Mets86b (expl. ăbusim, 1 Kings 5:3) שאוֹבְסִין אותןבע״כ which people fatten with force. Ib. שא׳ ועומדיןוכ׳ that stand feeding as they please. Sabb.XXIV, 3 (155b) אין אובסיןוכ׳ you must not (on the Sabbath) stuff the camel; expl. ib. you must not make אֵבוס בתוךוכ׳ a manger of her stomach (fill up to swelling); a. fr.Part. pass. אָבוּס (= שוֹר). Meg.9a, a. e. (one of the changes said to have been made by the authors of the Septuag.).