חָצֵר, c. (b. h.; wds.; cmp. גָּזַר a. גִּזְרָה &c.) court, yard, in gen. private property. B. Mets. 11ᵃ חֲצֵרוֹ של אדם וכ׳ the ground belonging to a person takes possession for him (of what is found there) even without his knowledge. Ib. ח׳ המשתמרת a well-guarded ground (fenced-in). B. Kam. 12ᵃ; Gitt. 21ᵃ, a. e. ח׳ מהלכת a moving ground, e.g. the back of a slave. Erub. VI, 1 הדר עם … בח׳ if one dwells in the same court yard with a gentile. Ib. 3 אנשי ח׳ the residents of dwellings in one court yard; a. v. fr.—ח׳ הצירית Tyrian yard (with a lodge at the entrance). Maasr. III, 5; Nidd. 47ᵇ.—חֲצַר הקבר the excavated ground to which all the caves of a cemetery open. Ohol. XV, 8; Tosef. ib. XV, 7.—חֲ׳ הכירה the rim of the cooking range. Kel. VII, 3; Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. V, 5.—חֲ׳ הכבד (= b. h. יֹתֶרֶת) lobe of the liver. Yoma VIII, 6; a. e.—חֲ׳ מות cemetery, v. supra. Ber. 18ᵇ.—Pl. חֲצֵרוֹת, חֲצֵי׳. Erub. IV, 6. Ib. VI, 8; a. fr.