Jastrow: פִּיקָא

פִּיקָא, פִּיקָה I f. (פקק; cmp. פְּקַעַת) lump, ball, swelling, esp. 1) protruding cartilage. Ḥull. X, 4 (134ᵇ) פ׳ של גרגרת thyroid cartilage; Neg. X, 9. Ib. 10 פ׳ של צואר the protruding cartilage of the neck; Tosef. ib. IV, 12 פ׳ של פירקא. Bekh. VII, 6 (45ᵃ) פ׳ יוצאה מגודלו (not יצא) one that has a lump on his thumb; a. fr. —2) a protuberance on the blossom end of fruits, v. פִּיטְמָא II. Y. Succ. III, 53ᵈ פיקא. —3) spinner’s coil. Ohol. VII, 4 עד שיעגילו ראש כפ׳ until the embryos (on leaving the vagina) form a round head like a coil; expl. Bekh. 22ᵃ כפ׳ של צמר like a coil of wool. Ib.; Tosef. Ohol. VIII, 8 פ׳ של שתי the coil containing the warp; פ׳ של ערב containing the woof. Bekh. l. c. נראית פ׳ מתוך פ׳ it has the appearance of a coil coming forth out of a coil, v. טְפִיפִית. —4) (של כוש) פ׳ whorl. Kel. XI, 6. Par. XII, 8; a. e. —5) coil or tuft used as a stopper (v. פָּקַק). Kel. XVII, 12.—Pl. פִּיקִין; פִּיקוֹת. Bekh. 45ᵃ בעל הפיקין (not הקיפין) one afflicted with lumps; (Ar. Var. הפיקס; Ar. s. v. כסת: הפִּיקָן; Mish. ib. VII, 6 בעל פיקה; Talm. ed. 45ᵃ הפיקום, Rashi: הפיקין). Ib. 22ᵃ שלש פ׳ שמעתי וכ׳ I learned of three sizes of coils, one of the warp, one of the woof, and one large coil, that of the sack-weavers; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VII, 1, v. סַקָּי I. Lev. R. s. 14 פ׳ פ׳ coils upon coils (in the abdomen). Tosef. Ohol. XIII, 5, v. לָבַשׁ; a. e.