עָגַל to be round; to roll; to circle. Sabb. 85ᵇ ועוֹגֵל בה חמשה and inscribes in it a circle of five in diameter.
Nif. - נֶעֱגַל to be rounded. Y. Ab. Zar. II, 41ᵇ הוא נסלל ונע׳ the cut in the skin of an animal (whose heart has been taken out while alive) rebounds and becomes rounded.
Pi. - עִגֵּל 1) to draw a circle. Part. מְעַגֵּל, v. חוֹנִי. Taan. III, 8; a. e. —2) to roll, press, make even. Maasr. I, 8 המגורה משיְעַגֵּל when the figs are stored in a bin, they are subject to tithes when he has pressed them. Ib. היה דש … ומעגל וכ׳ if after treading figs in a vessel or pressing in a bin &c. Macc. II, 1 היה מֹעגל במעגילה if he was levelling the roof with a roller, v. מַעֲגִילָה; Y. ib. II, beg. 31ᶜ (also מַעֲגִיל, Hif.). —3) to roll on an oiled surface, to smooth a person’s skin. Tosef. Ter. X, 10 ומְעַגְּלוֹ על גביו and oints it (the child) by rolling it on his own body; Y. Maas. Sh. II, 53ᶜ top ומעגלו ע"ג מיעיו. —4) to round off, form a round body, v. infra.
Hif. - הֶעֱגִיל 1) to round off, form a round body. Ohol. VII, 4 עד שיַעֲגִילוּ ראש כפיקה; Tosef. ib. VIII, 8 שעִגְּלוּ וכ׳ (v. R. S. to Ohol. l. c.), v. פִּיקָא I. —2) to roll, v. supra.
Hithpa. - הִתְעַגֵּל 1) to form globules. Nidd. 56ᵃ מה רוק שמִתְעַגֵּל ויוצא וכ׳ as the secretion in the mouth is formed in globules on being discharged &c.; ib. 19ᵇ —2) to roll one’s self on an oiled surface, to smooth one’s skin. Tosef. Ter. l. c. על טבלה של שייש להִתְעַגֵּל עליה on a marble plate to anoint himself upon it. Ib. 11; Tosef. Sabb. III (IV), 17; a. e.