חֲסַף I (cmp. חָסַל) to peel off; (neut. verb) to be scaly, rough. Pa. - חַסַּף to pound grain &c. Y. Sabb. VII, 10ᵇ bot. ח׳ פלפלין pounds pepper (cmp. מחספס, Ex. XVI, 14). [Y. B. Mets. II, 8ᶜ bot. וחספתה, v. חֲפַס.] Ithpa. - אִתְחַסֵּף [to become white, cmp. כסף,] to feel ashamed. Targ. II Esth. VI, 12.