כְּחַל I ch. 1) same. Targ. II Kings IX, 30; a. e.—Sabb. 80ᵃ עין … הא לא כַחֲלֵי but people never paint one eye only! —2) (ironically, v. infra) to blind the eyes. Ber. 58ᵃ חברוהי כַחְלִינְהוּ וכ׳ his associates put his eyes out, v. כְּבִי.—[Y. Ab. Zar. II, 40ᵈ top כחל לה, read in one w., v. חֲלָלָא.]
Ithpe. - אִיכְּחַל to be painted. Nidd. 55ᵇ if one desires to become blind, לִיכְּחוֹל מארמאי (מעכ"ום) let him have his eyes painted by gentiles; Y. Ab. Zar. l. c. מִיכְּחוּל מינהון.