אָשַׁשׁ (b. h. r.) 1) (√אש) to glitter, be polished; v. אֵשׁ a. next ws.—2) (sec. r. of אוּשׁ) to be thick, substantial; to be pressed, dark, v. אשן, אשונא, אשות, אשל, אשר &c. Pi. - אִישֵּׁשׁto make firm, found. Part. pass. מְאוּשָּׁשׁ. Pesik. Baḥod. p. 101ᵇ; Cant. R. to II, 5 (play on ăshishoth, Cant. l. c.) הלכות המְאוּשָּׁשׁוֹת well-founded decisions. V. אוּשׁ אוּשָּׁא.