דֶּקֶר, (preced.) a pronged tool, mattock (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Raster). Bets. I, 2; 7ᵇ. Ib. ד׳ נעוץ וכ׳ the mattock was stuck into the ground on the eve of the Festival. Shebi. V, 6.—Y. Sot. II, 18ᵃ יחפור בדֶקֶל (twice).—Pl. דְּקָרִים, דְּקָרִין. מֵי ד׳ apurgative water, v. דָּקַר a. דֶּקֶל. Sabb. 110ᵃ (differences about spelling דקר׳ or דקל׳); Y. ib. XIV, 14ᶜ; a. e.—Y. Succ. I, 52ᵃ bot. כמין ד׳ like prongs, v. דּוֹקְרָן.