קָלַף (cmp. גָּלַף) to scrape, peel, pare. Pes. VII, 2 (75ᵇ) יִקְלוֹף את מקומו (Bab. ed. יְקַלֵּף) let him pare off the place where it touched the wall of the stove. Ib. 3 יקלוף את החיצון let him pare off the surface. Tosef. Neg. VI, 8 היה קוֹלֵף וכ׳ he scraped off the sand (cement) between one stone and another; a. fr.—Part. pass. קָלוּף; f. קְלוּפָה &c. Nidd. 17ᵃ שום ק׳ … וביצה ק׳ וכ׳ peeled garlic, peeled onions or peeled eggs … which were let lie over night. Bicc. III, 8 ערבה ק׳ peeled willow twigs; a. e.
Pi. - קִילֵּף same. Maasr. IV, 5 שעורים מקלף וכ׳(ב) המְקלֵּף (Mish. ed. המקליף, corr. acc.) he who husks barley-corns (to eat them before tithes are given), must husk each singly and eat; Bets. 13ᵇ. Y. Maasr. II, 50ᵃ bot.; Y. B. Mets. VII, beg. 11ᵇ שלא יְקַלֵּף, v. מִצְמֵץ. Lam. R. introd. (R. Yoḥ. 1); Cant. R. to VIII, 4 מלאך היה יורד ומְקַלְּפוֹ an angel came down and scraped the Divine Name off. Sot. 35ᵇ וקִילְּפוּ את הסיד they scraped the lime off (which covered the inscription); a. e.
Nif. - נֵקְלָף,
Nithpa. - נִתְקַלֵּף to be peeled off. Lam. R. l. c.; Cant. R. l. c. מאליו היה נ׳ it (the Divine Name) was erased of itself. Ḥull. III, 5, v. קוֹיְקְבָן. Ib. 49ᵇ מה חלב … קרום ונ׳ וכ׳ as ‘the fat that covers the inwards’ has a skin which can be peeled off, so all fat with a skin that can be peeled off (is forbidden), v. תּוֹתָב; a. e.—Kel. X, 5 חבית שנִתְקַלְּפָה וכ׳ an earthen jug which is peeled off (crumbled away), the pitch lining standing by itself; Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. VII, 8 [read:] נתקלפה והזפת וכ׳.