Jastrow: שְׁפֵי

שְׁפֵי, שְׁפָא ch. same 1) to incline, make slanting. Sabb. 98ᵇ דשָׁפֵי להו כי טורין they made the boards slanting like mountain sides (bringing to a point; Ar. טָרִיז q. v.); Yalk. Ex. 370. —2) to pour out slowly. Ḥull. 67ᵃ לא לִשְׁפֵּי וכ׳, v. צִיבְּתָא. B. Kam. 115ᵇ אפשר … וש׳ ליה (not דש׳) one may put something (a piece of cloth &c.) over the mouth of a jug, and pour (strain) the liquid through. Sabb. 139ᵇ שָׁפוּ שיכרא וכ׳ Rashi (ed. שָׁאפוּ) they poured beer slowly from vessel to vessel (leaving the dregs behind); a. e.—Kidd. 71ᵇ שָׁפֵי חלא vinegar dealer, v. שָׁפֵיחָלָא.—Trnsf. to let the blood flow after bloodletting. Sabb. 129ᵃ דלמא ש׳ ליה וכ׳ perhaps the surgeon may bleed him too long &c.