בָּסִיס

בָּסִיסm. (בוס, בסס; formed like עָצִיץ) anything to tread upon; footstool, stand, base (= b. h. כַּן, מְכוֹנָה). Kel. XI, 7 הפרח והב׳ the bud (receptacle of the candlestick) and the stand. Lev. R. s. 25; Cant. R. to V, 15 like a column which has ב׳ מלמטןוכ׳ base beneath ; Tanḥ. Bhar 1. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42d top בשאין עליהן ב׳ when there is upon them (the idolatrous emblems) no stand (indicating that they were intended for practical use). Ib. כוס בסוס לדרקוןוכ׳ (corr. acc.) if the cup serves as a stand for the dragon (idolatrous emblem), it (the cup) is forbidden; a. fr.Trnsf. (in Sabbath law) whatever is subservient to another object, e. g. the case in which a book is kept, the table upon which a lamp is placed. Sabb.117a ב׳ לדבר האסור subservient to an object which must not be handled on the Sabbath; a. fr.V. בְּסִיסַי, בְּסִיסִית.