דָּרַג

דָּרַגto leap, step.Hif. הִדְרִיג to make a step (מַדְרֵגָה), i. e. to fell trees at uneven heights from the ground, so as to make the stumps appear like steps, opp. החליק to cut at even heights. Y.Shebi.IV, 35b bot. (read:) לא יהא מחליק ומַדְרִיג מדריג ומחליקוכ׳ he must not cut one portion even and another step like, but must make the stumps equally high; מקום … יַדְרִיג לַדְרִיג יחליק where it is the custom to cut even, he must (in the Sabbatical year) cut uneven ; Tosef. ib. III, 14 (read:) ה״ז לא יחליק ויַדְרִיגוכ׳. Y.Erub.7, beg.24b, v. כּוֹפֶת.