מְכַתֵּב, (preced. wds.) writing tool, pencil, stylus. Kel. XIII, 2; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. III, 4 מ׳ שנטל הכותב וכ׳ the stylus of which the pointed end is broken off, v. כּוֹתֵב; Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵇ bot. Kidd. 21ᵇ; a. e.—Pl. מְכַתְּבִים, מְכַתְּבִין. Y. Taan. VI, 69ᵃ top במ׳ הללו אנו וכ׳ (not במכתובים) with these our pencils we shall march out and stab them; Lam. R. to II, 2; to III, 49.