פִּישּׁוּט, (פָּשַׁט) spreading, stretching forth. Y. Ab. Zar. IV, end, 44ᵇ בתוך פ׳ ידים within reach of the hands; חוץ לפ׳ ידים beyond reach. Ib. כשם שנתנו פ׳ ידים לטהרות וכ׳ as proximity within reach of the hands is made a criterion for levitical uncleanness (Toh. VII, 2), so it is made for wine (suspected of having been touched by an idolater, v. נֶסֶךְ); a. e.—פ׳ ידים ודגלים prostration accompanied by stretching of hands and feet. Ber. 34ᵇ; Meg. 22ᵇ; Shebu. 16ᵇ, v. הִשְׁתַּחֲוָאָה; a. fr.—[Mekh. B’shall. beg. בפישוטן, read: בפְשׁוּטָה, v. פָּשׁוּט.]