- חוֹלָסִית
- חוֹלָסִיתf. (denom. of חוֹל I) sand-field, ground from which sand for glass-making is dug. (Cmp. Gr. ὕαλος, ὕελος. B. Bath.67a (Ms. M. חִילְ׳, Var. חִלְ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Arakh.32a; Meg.6b (missing in censured editions) ח׳ ומצולה (Ms. M. חרסית, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.), v. מְצוּלָה.Sifré Deut. 39 Var. בית הח׳ glass-sand soil, v. חוֹל I.Pl. חוּלְסָאוֹת. בית הח׳ glass-shop on sandy soil. B. Bath. l. c. (Ms. F. החוֹלְסוֹת, Ms. H. ובתי החילסאות, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.