Jastrow: צִנּוֹרָא II

צִנּוֹרָא II, צִנּוֹרָה I, צִנּוֹרֶת, צִי׳ f. (v. צִנּוֹר) 1) splash from a spout (cmp. סִילּוֹן II), trnsf. צ׳ (של רוק) ejection of spittle. Y. Yoma I, 38ᵈ top נתזה צ׳ של רוק וכ׳ spittle from his mouth flew on his (the high priest’s) garments; Tosef. Nidd. V, 3; Nidd. 33ᵇ. Ib. (in Chald. dict.) צ׳ דעם הארץ the spittle of an ignorant man (not observing levitical cleanness); Ḥag. 23ᵃ משום צ׳ וכ׳ because spittle of an ignorant man may have fallen on it; a. e.—Pl. צִנּוֹרוֹת, צִינּ׳. Pirké d’R. El. ch. V העבים … צִינּוֹרוֹתֵיהֶן וכ׳ the clouds cause the seas to hear the sound of their splashings (rain), and the seas cause the deep to hear &c. (ref. to Ps. XLII, 8).