Jastrow: עוּקָץ

עוּקָץ m. (עָקַץ) [tail, end,] 1) (= קוֹץ) thorn, point, prick, sting. Y. Sabb. XIV, 14ᵈ top עוּקַץ עקרב Scorpion’s Tail (name of a plant); Y. Ab. Zar. II, 40ᵈ top. Gen. R. s. 12 והע׳ שלו למעלה the pointed stroke of the letter He is directed upwards. Kel. XIII, 5; Sabb. 52ᵇ מחט … עוּקצָהּ a needle whose point is broken off (v. חוֹר I); a. e.—Esp. the peduncle of fruits. Succ. III, 6 נטל עוּקְצוֹ if its (the Ethrog’s) peduncle is off. Ukts. I, 6; a. fr.—Pl. עוּקְצִים, עוּקְצִין. Lev. R. s. 30 תמרה יש בה אוכל ויש בה ע׳ on the palm there is eatable fruit and there are prickles. Ukts. l. c. עוּקְצֵי תאנים the peduncles of figs; a. fr.—‘Uḳtsim, ‘Uktsin, name of a treatise of the Mishnah and Tosefta, of the Order of Toharoth. Hor. 13ᵇ ניתי מר וניתני בע׳ come, sir, lecture on ‘Uktsin. Ib. גלי עֻקְצִים explain ‘U. —2) (= b. h. עָצֶה) [spine,] haunch (with tail). Tam. III, 1. Ib. IV, 3. Ḥull. 93ᵃ; a. e. —3) (= קָצֶה) corner, recess. Y. Dem. V, 24ᶜ bot. בתחלת כל ע׳ וע׳ (not בתחלה) at the beginning of each corner (in which fruits are piled up).