נָקַז (cmp. קְזַז a. נָקַד I) to puncture.
Hif. - הִקִּיז (mostly with דָּם) to let blood; to be bled. Bekh. V, 2 אין מַקִּיזִין לו דם you must not bleed it; יַקִּיז one may &c. Sabb. 129ᵃ ה׳ דם ונצטנן if one feels chilly after having been bled. Ib. 129ᵇ ה׳ דם ועמד if one stands up after &c. Ab. Zar. 29ᵃ. Ned. 54ᵇ אין מקיזין על וכ׳ you must not be bled after having eaten &c. Sot. 22ᵇ (expl. פרוש קיזאי) המַקִּיז דם לכתלים who bleeds himself by striking against the walls (walking with closed eyes from sanctimoniousness). Ber. 60ᵃ הנכנס להַקִּיז דם he who enters (the surgeon’s office) to be bled; a. fr.