אֲשִׁישָׁא, (cmp. next w.) jug. Sabb. 141ᵃ לא … דא׳ ליהדק Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שִׁישָׁא) you must not squeeze a cotton stopper into the mouth of a jug (on the Sabbath). B. Bath. 144ᵃ א׳ דמשחא ed. (Ms. M. אֲשָׁשָׁא, Ms. H. שישא) a jug of oil. [Pes. 36ᵇ אֲשִׁישָׁה (q. v.), according to Samuel, identic with our w. = גרבא דחמרא.]