Jastrow: כְּפִישָׁה

כְּפִישָׁה f. (כָּפַשׁ) 1) an inverted vessel, usu. a vessel divided into two compartments by the bottom between. T’bul Yom IV, 2 בכ׳ מצרית או וכ׳ on an inverted basket of twigs or on a tray (which have no distinct receptacles, בית קבול); Tosef. ib. II, 14; Nidd. 7ᵃ; Tosef. Dem. III, 1 לפי כפישא ed. Zuck. (Var. לתיך) on the rim of an inverted vessel; Gitt. 62ᵃ בכפישא או באנחותא. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. V, 8 עשויה ככ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. בכפיפה, read ככ׳) formed like a k’fisha, i.e. resting on the projecting sides, not on pegs. Ohol. V, 6 וכ׳ נתונה עליה and an inverted vessel put on it as a tight lid. Ib. 7 כ׳ שהיא … שבתוך הכ׳ וכ׳ if a k’fisha is put on pegs … with an unclean object beneath, the things which lie in the (upper compartment of the) k. are clean. Ib. XI, 8 וכ׳ נתונה … וכ׳ עומדת an inverted vessel is so put over it, that it would remain in position if you removed &c. Ib. 9 בין שפתי הכ׳ לבין וכ׳ between the sides (the hollow space) of the inverted vessel over the cistern and the sides of the cistern; a. fr.—Y. Shebi. VIII, 38ᵃ זה שהוא מודד בכ׳ וכ׳ one who measures fruits in a k. whose capacities he has found out by using it twice or three times.—Trnsf. מדד בכ׳ to deal unfairly. Y. Yeb. XIII, 13ᶜ, v. כָּפַשׁ. Tanḥ. Thazr. 6 Var.; ed. Bub. 8 אין הקב"ה מודד בכ׳ (not בנפישה) the Lord has not two measures for man. —2) (colloquial expression) כְּפִי׳ or כְּפוּשָׁה an ungainly woman. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIV [read as] Yalk. Job 917 אבוד הבחור הזה על הכ׳ הזו this fine young man has thrown himself away on this &c. [Midr. Till. l. c. באפריון ככ׳ הזאת, ed. Bub. דכ׳, strike out ככ׳ הזאת or דכ׳, v. Yalk. l. c.]