*כַּשְׂכֵּשׂ, (transpos. of שכשך, v. סִכְסֵךְ I) to entangle, catch, confound. Koh. R. to IV, 14 (ref. to בית הסורים ib.) דהוא מְכַשְׂכֵּשׂ לברייתא כמן ביני סריאתא he (the seducer) catches the people like one coming forth from between the bushes; Midr. Till. to Ps. IX.