מִסְמֵס I (v. מָסַס) to melt, dissolve.
Nithpa. - נִתְמַסְמֵס to be molten, to be in a state of dissolution or liquefaction. Ḥull. 45ᵇ, v. מִזְמֵז. Ib. 53ᵇ נ׳ הבשר if (in one spot of an animal known to have been attacked by a beast of prey) the flesh appears decayed; ib. היכי דמי נ׳ what do you mean by ‘decayed’ (Answ.) כל שחרופא וכ׳ what a physician would peel off, until he comes on sound flesh; ib. 77ᵃ מִתְמַסְמֵס. Y. Ter. VIII, 46ᵃ top שנִיתְמַסְמְסוּ בני מעיה (a melon) the core of which is liquefied.