דָּרַג, to leap, step.—Hif. הִדְרִיג to make a step (מַדְרֵגָה), i.e. to fell trees at uneven heights from the ground, so as to make the stumps appear like steps, opp. החליק to cut at even heights. Y. Shebi. IV, 35ᵇ bot. [read:] לא יהא מחליק ומַדְרִיג מדריג ומחליק וכ׳ he must not cut one portion even and another step-like, but must make the stumps equally high; מקום … יַדְרִיג לַדְרִיג יחליק where it is the custom to cut even, he must (in the Sabbatical year) cut uneven &c.; Tosef. ib. III, 14 [read:] ה"ז לא יחליק ויַדְרִיג וכ׳. Y. Erub. VII, beg. 24ᵇ, v. כּוֹפֶת.