Jastrow: זַיִת

זַיִת m. (b. h.; זות; cmp. דַּיֵּית) 1) outflow, run. Men. 86ᵃ שמן זית מִזֵּיתוֹ ‘olive-oil’ (Ex. XXVII, 20) that means of that which flows of itself (before pressing). Ib. (VIII, 4) ז׳ ראשון the first run. —2) olive; (sub. עץ) olive tree. Ib. בראש הז׳, v. גִּרְגֵּר; a. v. fr.—כַּזַּ׳ the size of an olive; כחצי ז׳ half the size of &c. Bets. I, 1 זה וזה בכז׳ the legal size for both is that of &c. Zeb. III, 3. Kel. XVII, 8, v. אֵגוֹרִי; a. v. fr.—Pl. זֵיתִים, זֵתִים. Ber. 57ᵃ הרואה ז׳ וכ׳ one who dreams of olives. B. Mets. VIII, 5 המוכר זֵיתָיו וכ׳ he who sells his olive trees for the use of the wood. T’bul Yom III, 6. Ḥall. III, 9 זֵיתֵי מסיק, v. מָסִיק; a. fr.—Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Ki Thetsé 10 כַּזֵּ׳ כַּזֵּ׳ in pieces of olive-sizes; Pesik. Zakh., p. 25ᵇ ז׳ ז׳; Pesik. R. s. 12.—Ukts. III, 6 פריצי ז׳ the proud among the olives; expl. Tosef. ib. III, 6 היוצאין מתחת וכ׳ such as come out uncrushed from under the press; B. Mets. 105ᵃ רשעי ז׳ (yielding very little oil).