rids (mules) although not having been created in the six
days &c. Kil. VIII, 1 הכרם כלאי mixed seeds in the vine-
yard. Ib. I, 1 בזה זה כ׳ אינם are no forbidden junction.
Ib. 9 כ׳ משום as coming under the law of K. -- Tosef. ib.
III, 16 כ׳ אינו כשות cuscuta is not forbidden (in the vine-
yard); Sabb. 139a; a. v. fr. -- hilayim, name of a treatise
of the Mishnah and Tosefta, of the Order of Z'raim.
כלאמין chlamys, v. כלמוס.
כלב (cmp. כלל) to seize. -Denom. כלב. Pi. כלב, Hif. הכליב (denom. of כלב) [to make stiltches resembling dog-bites (cmp. our 'cat stitching),] to stitch, opp. to תפר tto sew in a workmanlike manner. M. Kat. I, 8 (8b) מכב האומן Ms. M. a. Y. ed. (Mish. a. Babli מכליב) the professional tailor is permitted (during the festive week) to stitch (but not to sew); expl. ib. 10a מפסיע he makes wide steps (cross-stitches); (another opin.) שיני כלבתא (Ms. M. only כלבתא q. v.) dog's teeth, i e. irregular stitches; Y. ib. 80d bot. מפסיע; (oth. opin.) אחת אחת each stitch singly. Ib. מכלבין הרוצענין the saddlers are permitted to do dog-stitching.
כלב m. (b. h.; preced.)dog. Snh. 63b(expl. נבחן, IIKings XVII, 31) כ׳ they worshipped a dog. Yoma VIII, 6, a. e. שוטה כ׳ a mad dog. Kil. I, 6, v. כופרי. Kel. XVII, 13 כ׳ המים sea-dog. Gen. R. s. 77, v. אגריאון. Y. Snh. VII, 23c top (ref. to Ps. XXII, 21) וכ׳ של מכלבו from the dog (he vicious accuser) of that pious man, v. ib. 23b bot., Sq.); a. fr. Pl. כלבים. Ber. 3a. Tosef. B. Kam. VIII, 17. Ex. R. s. 20 וכ׳ של כ׳ . . עשו the Egyptians made golden dogs by sor- cery that they should bark &c.; a. fr.
כלב, כלב, כלבא I ch. same Targ. Ps. LIX. 7. Targ. Prov. VII, 22 (Ms. כליבא; h. text עכס); a. fr. - Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42d top, expl. נבחן, v. preced. -- Erub. 61a (prov.) כ׳ וכ׳ מתיה בלא a dog away from home barks not for seven years, i.. e. however quarrelsome a man may be, he will not flght in a strange place; a. fr. -- Trnsf. a mean person. Lev. R. s. 9. -- Pl. כלבין כלביא, כלבי. Targ. Ps. XXII, 17. Targ. Is. LVI, 10;a. e. -- Y. Peah , 15cbot.; Y. Kidd. I 61b, v. דושch..- Sabb. 152a וכ׳ לא כלבוהי his (euphem. for my) dogs no longer bark, l. e. my voice is weak from old age. B. Mets. 94a top וכ׳ איכא כ׳ וכך כך so and so many dogs have we with us. Pesik. B'shall., p. 86a דחרשין כלבי תרין (not כלבא) two dogs (of gold) made by the sorcerers (v. preced.). Ib., sq. דקושטא כ׳ the real (natural) dogs do not bark at us (ref. to Ex. XI, 7); a. e. -- [Targ.Koh. IV, 6 גזילא כלב, some ed., read ג׳ בלא. -- Lam. R. to I, 4 כלבא, read; כלבה.]
כלבא II, pr. n. m. כ׳ שבוע בן Ben Kalba S'bea, name of a wealthy citizen of Jerusalem. Gitt. 56a.
כלבא III o כלבא, var. of אכלבא. V. Ar. Compl. ed. Koh. IV, 235.
כלבה f. (v. כלב) 1) she-dog. Lam. R. to I, 4 (not כלבא). Y. Snh. VI, 23b bot. לכ׳ נזקקין having connection with a dog. Koh. R. to VII, 26. -- 2) tongs, pinchers. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 11 וכ׳ ספרין של כ׳ the barbers tongs, the phy- sicians &c.; v. כלבוס.
כלבודא, v. כלכיד.
כלבוס m. (enlarg. of כלב, v. 2כלבה) 1) tongs, pinchers, Sot. 19b ברזל של כ׳ (Alf. ק׳) iron tongs (to force her mouth open; Tosef.iib. II, 3 צבת). Tosef. Kel. BB. Mets. III, 11 some ed., v. כלבה. Men. 63a עמוק כ׳ כמין (Ar. כיל׳) a baking form in the shape of forceps with cavities(which clapped together give the dough the shape of an apple &c.). -- 2) (v. כלב) shape of cross-stitches, figzag of nails in the sole. Sabb. 60b ככ כמין עשאו (Ms. M. כלכוס, Alf ק׳) if he drove the nails in in the shape of &c. Koh. R. to XII, 11 וכ׳ אינ הכ׳, v. כלבת. - [B. Kam. 100b כ׳, v. כלכוס. -- Tanh. Balak 13, read; כלינוס.]
*כלביא f. (an assumed word for כלבה, after the form of לביא) she-dog, bittch. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXXIX (in an allegorical contest of the limbs) כ׳ חלב לך הא here is dog- milk for thee, ed. Bub. כלבא; Yalk. Ps. 721 כלבתא (corr. acc.). Ib. כ׳ חלב הבאת (read with Yalk. l. c. כלבא; ed. Bub. כלבתא) thou hast brought dog-ttinstead of lion-) milk. Ib. כ׳ אותה קורין לבייא כי גכ ועוד (differ. in Yalk; ed. Bub. כלבתא. .. ללבייא ועוד) and furthermore a lioness may likewise be called a bitch.
כלבית, v. כילכית.
כלבת f. (כלב, v. כלבוס) dog-stitch, the shoemaker's pegging of the sandal. Y. Snh. X, 28a וכ׳ עולה אינה כ׳ the kallebeth does not count among the number of nails to be driven into shoes;Y. Sabb. VI, 8a בית כלי (corr. acc., or כליבית); Koh. R. to XII, 11 וכ׳ אינ הכלבוס.
כלבתא (radit. pronunc. כלבתא) f. ch. =h. כלבה, bitch. R. Hash. 4a. Yalk. Ps. 721, v. כלביא; a. e. -- כ׳ שיני (cmp. preced. w.) dog-stitch. M. Kat. 10a, v. כלב.
כלדאה m. ch., pl. כלדאי Chaldeans, soothsayers. Sabb. 119a. Yeb. 21b; a. e.
כלדי m. h. same. Pl. כלדיים. Pes. 113b בכ׳ שואלין אין (Ar. כלדאין) we must not consult soothsayers.
*כלה m. (v. אוכלא, עוכלא) K'lah, a measure for spices. Y. Bets. III, end, 62b וכ׳ כ׳ לי תן give me a k'lah of spices, for housekeepers are in the habit of putting a k. of spices &c. Y. Peah VIII, 20d bot. תבלין כולה a K. is the ordinary quantity for spices; (Erub. 29a; R. S. to Peah VIII, 5עוכלא).
כלה f. (b. h.; כלל) 1) [crown, ornament, v. Is. XILIX, 18,] (sub. בעלת or בת, cmp. איתו, חורים a. חורים בן) bride; daughterin-law. Yeb. I, 1 וכלתו and his (deceased) son's wife. Sot. IX, 14 וכ׳ הכ׳ שתצא that the bride on her wedding day may be taken around in procession, v. אפריון. Keth. 71b; Pes. 87a וכ׳ שנמצאת ככ׳ like a bride (daughter- in-law) found perfect in the house of her father-in-law. Ib. אביה בבית כ׳ a bride in her father's house (not yet taken to her husband's paternal house). Ex. R. s. 4l (play on ככלתו, Ex. XXXI, 18, cmp. כלל Pa.) וכ׳ מקושטת זו כ׳ מה as the bride is adorned &c.; a. fr. [Tanh. KiThissa 18 נופי כ׳, read with ed. Bub. ib. 9 נינפי קלי.] -- Pl. כלות. Sot. l. c. כ׳ עטרות (Talm. ed. sing.) the bridal wreaths. Ib. 49b; a.
