Jastrow: טְפִיחַ I

טְפִיחַ I m. (טָפַח II, v. טָפִי) 1) pitcher for drawing water for drinking or hand-washing. Sabb. XVII, 6 (125ᵇ), v. זְמוֹרָה. Sabb. XXIV, 5, v. פָּקַק. B. Bath. 63ᵃ ‘give him a share in my well לט׳ Ms. M. a. Rashb. (ed. לטפיחי, corr. acc.; Ms. F. לטַפְיָא, cmp. טָפִי) for the pitcher’, i.e. for drinking purposes. Tosef. Ber. IV, 11 [read as] Yoma 30ᵃ ומחזיר הט׳ על האורחים (v. Rashi a. l.; Ms. M. והט׳ חוזר וכ׳) and passes the pitcher (which he had used for washing his hands) around the guests. —2) a pitcher-shaped vessel put up in walls and cornices as bird’s nest.—Pl. טְפִיחִים, טְפִיחִין. Bets. 24ᵃ; 25ᵃ; Tosef. Sabb. XII (XIII), 4; ib. XVIII, 4 ed. Zuck. (Var. טפחין); ib. Bets. I, 10; Ḥull. 139ᵇ —3) muddy soil, ground on which water subsided, opp. to גריד. Gen. R. s. 33, end (Yalk. ib. 56 מקפה).