גִּיעוּל I, (גָּעַל) the cleaning of an impure vessel by means of boiling water (Num. XXXI, 23), v. הַגְעָלָה. Zeb. 97ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 76ᵃ כל יום … ג׳ לחבירו every day the boiling done in the sacred vessel is the means of absorbing the soakings of the previous day.—Pl. גִּיעוּלִים, constr. גִּיעוּלֵי; (גוים, עכו"ם) ג׳ גכרים vessels of gentiles which require cleaning with boiling water before they may be used by Jews. Ib. 67ᵇ; 75ᵇ; a. fr.