חוֹסֶן m. (חסן I; cmp. b. h. חָסוֹן) 1) strength. Ex. R. s. 30 (ref. to Dan. IV, 27) הח׳ שלי the strength is Mine. —2) tow, oakum. Sabb. II, 1, expl. ib. 20ᵇ ‘flax pounded but not carded’; Y. ib. II, beg. 4ᶜ