קָמַז (cmp. קמץ, קָוַץ) to squeeze, contract.
Nif. - נִקְמַז 1) to be squeezed in. Tosef. Erub. XI (VIII), 18 נגר … נ׳ if the bolt is sqeezed into a hole in the ground, opp. נשמט detached and lying about without a special place assigned to it; Erub. 102ᵃ; Y. Sabb. XVII, end, 16ᵇ. Y. Kil. VI, end, 30ᶜ עד מקים שהוא נ׳ (not נקמן) as far as the projecting limb is fast (not shaken by the wind). —2) to contract, curl. Y. Erub. V, 22ᵈ top ולא יתר שהוא נ׳ ומפסיד nor must the measuring rope be longer (than fifty cubits), because then it curls and causes loss of distance in measuring (Bab. ib. 58ᵃ שממעט).