מַחַץ, (חָצַץ, v. Jud. V, 11) [distributor, cmp. בָּזִיךְ,] ladle for filling vessels out of the well, or the wine- or oil-pit. Par. V, 5 שולי המ׳ the sides of a broken ladle. Ab. Zar. 74ᵇ; Y. ib. V, end, 45ᵇ; Tosef. ib. VIII (IX), 1. Toh. X, 7 אם היה זולף מ׳ if he emptied the pit by using a ladle (to pour into the vessels).—Pl. מַחֲצִין. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. VII, 15.—[Fl. to Levy Talm. Dict. III, 309ᵃ: מָחָץ, fr. מחץ to stir, cmp. Ps. LXVIII, 24.]