צָרַם to incise, split. Bekh. V, 3 הצוֹרֵם באוזן וכ׳ if one makes a slit in the ear of a firstborn animal. Ib. נטל … וצ׳ וכ׳, v. פִּגְיוֹן. Ib. (35ᵃ) הלך וצ׳ באזני וכ׳ (Talm. ed. וצֵירֵם, Pl.) he went and mutilated the ears of other first-born animals. Zeb. 25ᵇ הצורם אזן הפר if one mutilates the (priest’s sacrificial) bullock; Bekh. 39ᵇ (Tosaf. החורם). Tosef. Par. III, 8 צ׳ לו באזנו he slit his ear (to make him unfit for priestly service); a. e.
Pi. - צֵירֵם same, v. supra.