Jastrow: סִלְסוּל

סִלְסוּל, סִילְ׳ m. (next w.) 1) loftiness, distinction, dignity. Y. Bicc. I, 64ᵃ וכהנים נהגו ס׳ בעצמן but the priests decided to guard their dignity (by abstaining from marrying one both of whose parents were proselytes); Kidd. 78ᵇ. Bekh. 30ᵇ נהגו … ס׳ … שאין וכ׳ the priests guarding their dignity decided not to entrust matters of levitical cleanness to everybody.—Y. Shek. IV, 48ᵃ bot. מעלה … ס׳ הוא בפרה prominence was to be given, solemnity was to be given to the ceremonies connected with the preparation of the ashes of the red cow; Y. Ab. Zar. II, beg. 40ᶜ; Pesik. Par., p. 40ᵃ; Pesik. R. s. 14 משום ס׳ פרה in order to lend solemnity to &c. —2) curling the hair. Naz. 3ᵃ (ref. to מסלסל, ib. I, 1) ממאי דהדין ס׳ שערא הוא how do we know that this m’salsel means the curling of the hair?, v. next w.