חָבַץ, Pi. חִיבֵּץ (cmp. חָבַט) to beat milk &c. into a pulp, to make a pulp, to scramble. Sabb. 95ᵃ; Tosef. ib. IX (X), 13 המְחַבֵּץ והמגבן he who makes thick milk (on the Sabbath, oth. opin. in Rashi: who presses thick milk in a bag to let the fluid run out). Ib. XII (XIII), 14 ובלבד שלא יְחַבֵּץ (Var. יַחְבֹּוץ, v. ed. Zuck. note) provided, he does not beat it into a pulp. T’bul Yom II, 4 אם חי׳ if the unclean person stirred (the jelly with the oil on top). Y. Maasr. II, 50ᵃ top; a. e. [Y. Orl. I, 61ᵇ top המחבץ, read: המחמץ.]