*אֲסִינְתָּא, (v. אִסְנָא a. חֲסִינָה)a receptacle for grain. Keth. 8ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 8ᵇ מכי רמו שערי בא׳ from the time they put barley into the ăsinta (as the first preliminaries of a wedding feast). [Ab. Zar. l. c. read באסינתֵּיה.—Other opin. א׳ = אסיתא mortar, for pounding barley,—trough for brewing beer—pot for planting barley for the wedding ceremony, v. Ar. s. v. a. Rashi a. l.]