חֲטַט I ch. same , to dig, hollow out. Ḥull. 25ᵃ; Sabb. 103ᵃ דחַט קפיזא וכ׳ Ar. (ed. דחק) he hollowed out a K’fiza (smaller measure) whereas the material was large enough for a Kab. Pes. 28ᵃ (prov.) כפא דחט נגרא בגויה נשרי חרדלא ונישלוף Ms. M. (read: ונישרוף; ed. דחט׳ נגרא בגווה נשרוף וכ׳; Var. דחק) in the ladle which the artisan hollowed out, he shall have mustard soaked and shall swallow it (man is paid with his own coin).
Pa. - חַטֵּט to dig after, exhume. Yeb. 63ᵇ קא מְחַטְּטֵי שכבי they (the Guebres) exhume the (Jewish) dead. [B. Bath. 58ᵃ, v. חַטֵּיטָא.]