Jastrow: רָדַד

רָדַד (b. h.), Pi. רִדֵּד (cmp. יָרַד) [to lower,] to flatten, stamp, beat. Tosef. M. Kat. I, 4 ומְרַדֵּד (ה)אדמה וכ׳ (Var. ומְרַדֵּיד) and beats the ground under it (to kill the moles); Y. ib. I, 80ᶜ; Bab. ib. 7ᵃ ומְרַדֶּה (Ms. M. ומדדה), v. רָדָה I. Tam. VI, 3 התחיל מרדד ויוצא (Bab. ed. 33ᵃ מְרַדְּדָן) he flattened (spread the heap of coals) and went out. Ib. 2 ורְרָדָן בשולי וכ׳ (or ורִרְּדָן) and spread them with the rim of the pan. Sabb. 103ᵃ מְרַרְּדֵי טסי משכן those beating the gold foils for the Tabernacle; Tosef. ib. XI (XII), 2; a. e.—Part. pass. מְרוּדָּד; pl. מְרוּדָּדִין. Y. Erub. VII, 24ᶜ top אם היה התבן מר׳ if the pile of straw is reduced (spread). Ḥull. 46ᵃ כזית מר׳ if the olive’s size that is left of the liver looks like beaten (ragged). Ib. 124ᵇ במר׳ when the piece of meat is ragged (the two parts, each of half an olive’s size, connected by a strip). Mikv. VII, 7 מקוה שמימיו מר׳ a bathing tank the water of which is shallow (and spread, and can be made deeper by damming). Ohol. VII, 2 מקצתו מר׳ על הארץ part of the tent canvas flat on the ground; מר׳ על הארובה stretched flat over the sky-light.