Jastrow: כִּיר

כִּיר, (כִּיד) , Pi. (כִּיֵּיד) כִּיֵּיר (denom. of כִּירָה II or of כַּד II) [to do the work of the stove-setter or of the potter (כַּיָּיר or כַּיָּיד, v. בִּרְכַּיָּיר),] to cement; to lay out with tiles, panels &c. [Ar. reads ר, editions mostly ד.] B. Kam. 51ᵃ bot. אחד … וסייד וכ׳ (Ms. F. וסייר וכייר) if one dug a pit ten handbreadths deep, and another came and lined it with plaster and cemented it; Mekh. Mishp., N’zik., s. 11. Ab. Zar. III, 7 (47ᵇ) סיידו וכִיְּירוֹ לאליל Mish. (Bab. ed. וכיידו לע"ז) he plastered the room and put tiles on (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Abacus) designing it for idolatrous purposes. Ib. סיידה וכִיְּירָהּ וכ׳ (Ms. M. וציירה) if one plastered and stuccoed a stone (slab) for an idolatrous purpose. Gen. R. s. 28 סיידה וכיירה וציירה he plastered and panelled and painted the wedding chamber; Lam. R. to IV, 11 וכיידה. Tosef. Sot. VIII, 7 כִּיְּירוּהוּ וסיידוהו וכ׳ (Var. כִּיְּדוּהָ, כִּיְּרוּהָ) they panelled the stone and stuccoed it and wrote upon it. B. Bath. 60ᵇ אין מסיידין ואין מְכַיְּירִין וכ׳ we must not decorate our rooms with plaster, panels and paintings in these days (after the destruction of the Temple); Tosef. ib. II, 17.—Part. pass. מְכוּיָּיר, f. מְכוּיֶּירֶת. Ib.