מְלוֹג, (מָלַג, v. מְלַג) [plucking,] usufruct.—עבדי מ׳ (נכסי) a wife’s estate of which the husband has the fruition without responsibility for loss or deterioration, contrad. to צאן ברזל, v. בַּרְזֶל. Yeb. VII, 1; Tosef. ib. IX, 1. Keth. 79ᵇ בהמת מ׳ a domestic animal belonging to the wife &c.—Gen. R. s. 45 שפחת מ׳ היתה וכ׳ Hagar was a handmaid of Sarah whom Abraham had to support but could not sell; a. fr.