גִּיסְטְרָא, (= גזרזרא, a reduplic. of גזר; for assimilation of sibilants cmp. Nöld. Mand. Gr. p. 45 sq.) something defective, mutilated;
גִּיסְטְרָא, a large vessel which turned out defective or unwieldy, by having its handles broken off or being cracked, and is therefore used as a receptacle for refuse, as a pickling pot, as a receiver of drippings from a leaking vessel &c. Kel. II, 6 גס׳ שנמצאת וכ׳ (Ar. a defective vessel found in the furnace (in which vessels are put for baking); Tosef. ib. B. Kam. III, 10 ואם היתה גסטרה but if the jug turned out a gistra, contrad. to נפחתה. Ib. אי זו היא גסטרא כל שנסדקין אזניה וכ׳ (Kel. IV, 3 גיס׳ כל שניטלו וכ׳ …) when is a vessel called gistra? When its handles are split (broken off) &c. Ib. 2 גי׳ שנתרועעה וכ׳ if a gistra is broken so as to be no longer a receptacle for liquids, though it may yet receive eatables, it is not susceptible of uncleanness, for there is no fragment of a fragment, i.e. a fragment of a gistra is no longer considered a vessel. Sabb. 96ᵃ (a leaking gistra is not considered a vessel) because nobody says הָבֵא ג׳ לג׳ bring a g. to be put under a gistra; a. fr.
גִּיסְטְרָא, an animal body maimed to disfigurement. Ḥull. 21ᵃ; 32ᵇ עשאה ג׳ נבלה if one made an animal a gistra by lacerating some of its limbs, it is considered a carcass. Ib. 52ᵃ ג׳ קאמריתו ye speak of a maimed body (a rib on each side disjointed)! Ib. 27ᵃ דלא לישוייה ג׳ that in cutting the animal’s throat one must not make it a gistra (by cutting the head off). Snh. 52ᵇ דעביד ליה ג׳ that the culprit be cut in two.—Ḥull. 124ᵃ דעבדיה ג׳ he split the stove lengthwise.—Pl. גִּיסְטְרָאוֹת, גִּיסְטְרָיוֹת. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 8 שרובן מן הג׳ for most of the fragments of pottery found in the potter’s place come from misshaped vessels. Makhsh. II, 3 ג׳ שישראל וכ׳ pots into which Israelites and gentiles cast their refuse.—Y. Sabb. III, beg. 5ᶜ ממלא גִּצְרָא וכ׳ one may fill a large pot with hot ashes &c.
