חִידּוּק, (חָדַק, הָ׳) that which is sqeezed in to fill a gap, repair, insertion. Ḥull. 57ᵇ one who had a hole in the (fractured) scull, ועשו לו ח׳ של קרויה וכ׳ ed. (Ar. ה׳ של קרא …) and they inserted a piece of a pumpkin shell, and he recovered. Kel. III, 5 ח׳ ק׳ הכרויה R. S. (ed. only ח׳ ק׳) the lining of a pumpkin shell that has been hollowed out (to be used as a drawing vessel, i.e. the earthen vessel or clay which has been fitted in as a protection); Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. III, 3 ח׳ הק׳ הברויה (v. בָּרָה a. כָּרָה); Y. Pes. III, 30ᵃ top ה׳ קירויה וכרויה (read הכרויה).