חָסַךְ (b. h. חָשַׂךְ) [to scrape off,] to diminish, deduct; to stint, withhold. Dem. VII, 3 (4) וחוֹסֵךְ גרוגרת וכ׳ Ar. a. ed. Y. (Mish. a. Bab. ed. חוֹשֵׂךְ, Ms. M. repeatedly חתך) and retains one fig (which he does not eat). Ib. לא יַחְסוֹךְ (Var. same).—Part. pass. חָסוּךְ stripped, wanting. Kel. I, 2 (וחֲשׂוּכֵי) וחֲסוּכֵי בגדים and to make unclean the persons alone but not their clothes. Erub. 28ᵃ חֲסוּכֵי בנים Ms. M. a. oth. (ed. חשוכי) those who want children, opp. מרובי בנים.
Pi. - חִיסֵּךְ to spare, be regardful, lenient. Tosef. Sot. VI, 7 ח׳ עליו הכתוב the Biblical text (the Lord) spared him (did not rebuke him). Ib. מְחַסְּכִין לו they (in heaven) spare him. Zeb. 6ᵇ חי׳ הכתוב the Biblical law has regard to expenses; v. חִיסָּכוֹן.