גִּיר, lime, plaster. Dan. V, 5.—Targ. O. Ex. XVI, 14 דעדק כג׳ thin and brittle like a coat of lime (h. text מחספס). Targ. Y. Deut. XXVII, 2 (h. text סיד); a. e.—2) froth, foam. Pl. גִּירִין Targ. Y. Ex. XV, 10 ג׳ דימא the foaming billows. [Targ. Jer. IX, 14, read כגידין, v. גִּידָּא II.]—3) name of a disease, a sort of fever (?). Gitt. 69ᵇ, v. next w.