Jastrow: חֲלוּדָה

חֲלוּדָה f. (חָלַד) [covering of earth &c., mouldering from being in a cave,] 1) rust, mould. Kel. XIII, 5 העלתה ה׳ became rusty; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 10; a. fr.—Trnsf. sin. Tanḥ. Ki Thabo 2 (ref. to חלד Ps. XVII, 14) [read:] אמרו זה לזה ח׳ הם מלאין חטאין יש בידן (v. Tanḥ. ed. Bub. ib. 4) they (the gentiles) say to one another, they (the Israelites) are full of rust, there are sins in their hands. —2) a skin disease arising from living in caves. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVII, 14 (v. supra) אלו שהעלה גופן ח׳ they are those (persecuted Jews) whose bodies became afflicted with sores, &c.; Y. Shebi. IX, 38ᵈ; Gen. R. s. 79.—Pl. חֲלוּדוֹת. Pesik. B’shall., p. 88ᵇ; Esth. R. to I, 9 חֲלוּדָאוֹת (some ed. חלדואות, corr. acc.).