Jastrow: מְחוֹק

מְחוֹק, מָחָק m. (מָחַק 2) strike, an instrument for levelling a measure of grain &c. Kel. XVII, 16; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. VII, 9 המ׳ שיש וכ׳ the strike which has a (secret) receptacle for a piece of metal (to increase its pressure fraudulently); Koh. R. to IX, 13 המחק. B. Bath. 89ᵇ; Yalk. Lev. 618 אין עושין המ׳ של דלעת וכ׳ the strike must not be made of gourd, because it is too light &c. Ib. אין עושין את המ׳ צדו וכ׳ (Yalk. l. c. צדה fem.) you must not make the strike thick on one side and thin on the other; a. e.—Pl. מְחוֹקִים. Y. Yoma I, 38ᶜ bot. Lev. R. s. 21 מְחוֹקיהֶן של כסף the strikes sent with the measures were of silver.