דָּרַס 1) to tread, stamp. B. Kam. II, 1 דָּרְסָה על וכ׳ if she trod upon a vessel. Y. Maasr. II, 49ᵈ bot. והוא עתיד לדוֹרְסָן dates which he intends to stamp; a. fr.—בית הדּוֹרְסִין, v. מַעֲגִיל.—Part. pass. דָּרוּס, f. דְּרוּסָה.—דְּרוּסַת איש (calcata a viro) deflowered. Keth. I, 7. —2) (ritual) to press, i.e. to cut the throat of an animal by pressing the knife (adding muscular force to the cutting capacity of the knife, instead of passing the latter to and back). Ḥull. 20ᵇ. Ib. 30ᵇ שמא יִדְרוֹסוּ זה על זה lest they press the knife by one adding to the strength of the other.—Denom. דְּרָסָה. —3) (of animals of prey) to attack with paws or claws. Ib. 53ᵃ. Pes. 49ᵇ; Snh. 90ᵇ; a. fr.—Ḥull. III, 6 עוף הַדּוֹרֵס a bird of prey (that seizes food with its claws or eats animals before they are dead).—דְּרוּסָה f. an animal known to have been attacked by a beast or bird of prey (which are suspected of leaving a poisonous substance in the body). Ḥull. III, 1 (42ᵃ) דְּרוּסַת הזאב an animal saved from the attack of a wolf.—יש דרוסה ל־ the case of a d’rusah applies to one attacked by &c. Ḥull. 52ᵇ; a. fr. —4) to stuff food into the camel’s mouth, contrad. to אָבַס a. הִלְעִיט.—Sabb. XXIV, 3; Gen. R. s. 63; Num. R. s. 21.
Nif. - נִדְרַס to be trodden down, to be effaced (by treading or otherwise). B. Mets. 22ᵃ עשוי לִידָּרֵס liable to be effaced; ib. 22ᵇ