חֲבִישָׁה, (חָבַשׁ) imprisonment. Snh. 78ᵇ ח׳ מנא לן whence do we derive the right of committing to prison (to await the result of wounds afflicted)?—Y. Yeb. XII, 12ᵈ bot. בית ח׳ דר׳ וכ׳ the prison where R. Akiba was confined.