מַסְרֵק m. (סָרַק II) 1) comb, strigil. Kel. XIII, 8 מ׳ של פישתן hackle for flax. Ib. 7; T’bul Yom IV, 6 מ׳ של ראש hair-comb; a. e.—Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. IV, 4 מ׳ שיש בו דרבן (an iron) comb to which a sting is attached (an instrument of torture cmp. פַּרְגָּל). —2) an indented attachment to a vessel or a plant &c. Ib. 9 שלשלת חִבּוּר על המ׳ a lamp-chain is considered as joined to ‘the comb’. Kel. II, 8 מ׳ של צרצור; Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. II, 8 מסרוק, v. צִרְצוּר. Ukts. II, 3 המ׳ the crown of a pomegranate.—Pl. מַסְרֵקוֹת. Ber. 61ᵇ, a. e. מ׳ של ברזל iron combs for flaying, v. supra.