הִ׳

חִידּוּק, חִדּ׳, הִ׳m. (חָדַק, הָ׳) that which is sqeezed in to fill a gap, repair, insertion. Ḥull.57b one who had a hole in the (fractured) scull, ועשו לו ח׳ של קרויהוכ׳ ed. (Ar. ה׳ של קרא …) and they inserted a piece of a pumpkin shell, and he recovered. Kel. III, 5 ח׳ ק׳ הכרויה R. S. (ed. only ח׳ ק׳) the lining of a pumpkin shell that has been hollowed out (to be used as a drawing vessel, i. e. the earthen vessel or clay which has been fitted in as a protection); Tosef. ib. B. Kam.III, 3 ח׳ הק׳ הברויה (v. בָּרָה a. כָּרָה); Y.Pes.III, 30a top ה׳ קירויה וכרויה (read הכרויה).