אֲסִינְתָּא

אֲסִינְתָּאf. (v. אִסְנָא a. חֲסִינָה) a receptacle for grain. Keth.8a; Ab. Zar.8b מכי רמו שערי בא׳ from the time they put barley into the ăsinta (as the first preliminaries of a wedding feast). (Ab. Zar. l. c. read באסינתֵּיה.Other opin. א׳ = אסיתא mortar, for pounding barley,trough for brewing beerpot for planting barley for the wedding ceremony, v. Ar. s. v. a. Rashi a. l.