כְּסַס ch. same 1) to cut, chew. Yoma 81ᵇ; Ber. 36ᵇ כַּס פילפלי וכ׳ if one chewed pepper on the Day of Atonement. Meg. 7ᵇ בעאי למֵיכַס וכ׳ I should have liked to chew the plate after it; Yalk. Esth. 1059 דאִיכְסִיסֵיה (not דאיב׳). —2) [to cut or scratch off, peel, diminish, (v. P. Sm. 1777),] to rebuke, chastise (v. כְּסַן). Targ. Prov. IX, 8 תִכוּס (ed. Lag. תָכֵיס Af.).
Af. - אַכֵּס, אָכֵיס 1) to give to chew. Keth. 77ᵃ אַכְסוּהוּ שערי וכ׳ give El. barley to chew (as to an animal, i.e. he is an ignoramus). Ib. על דא אכסוה וכ׳ on account of this (opinion), they gave El. barley to eat in Babylonia. —2) to rebuke, chastise. Targ. Prov. l. c., v. supra. Ib. XXVIII, 23.