מָרַט (b. h.) to pluck off (hair, wool &c.); to pull. Tosef. Sabb. IX (X), 20; Sabb. 74ᵇ והמוֹרְטוֹ and he who plucks the down off the large feather of the wing. B. Mets. 68ᵇ גוזזות ושוטפות ומוֹרְטוֹת (Ar. גזוזות) they yield wool by being shorn, by passing through water, and by being plucked (in passing bushes &c.; [prob. to be read גזוזות ושטופות ומְרוּטוֹת].
Pi. - מֵירֵט 1) same. Naz. 39ᵇ תלש מ׳ סיפסף וכ׳ if he pinced his hair (near the root), plucked it off, or trimmed it &c.; (Ar. s. v. ספסף: ‘created a bald spot by using a depilatory’). Sabb. l. c. מְמָרֵט חייב משום ממחק he who plucks the down (v. supra) is guilty of an act coming under the head of scraping (leather).—Part. pass. מְמוֹרָט bald-headed. Naz. 46ᵇ; Yoma 61ᵇ נזיר ממ׳; Tosef. Naz. I, 6 המוֹרָט; Y. ib. VI, end, 55ᵈ נזיר ומירט (read: נזיר ממ׳ or מורט). —2) to smooth, polish. Num. R. s. 12 נחשת ממורט (prob. to be read: מְמוֹרֶטֶת) polished bronze.
Nif. - נִמְרַט to be plucked, to be bald. Sifra Thazr., Par. 5, ch. X נ׳ ראשו וכ׳ if his head became bald through sickness.