מָעַךְ (b. h.; cmp. מוּךְ) to crush; to dissolve by rubbing. Lam. R. to I, 1 מָעֲכוּ את הזקן (העיר) they crushed an old man to death. Yeb. 34ᵇ מוֹעֲכוֹת, v. infra. Tosef. Pes. IV, 3, v. infra.—Part. pass. מָעוּךְ; f. מְעוּכָה; pl. מְעוּכִים, מְעוּכִין; מְעוּכוֹת dissolved by rubbing, crushed. Nidd. 22ᵇ מ׳ ע"י הדחק a foetus which can be squashed by rubbing, although with some difficulty. Y. Dem. VI, 25ᵈ top מ׳ חיבור a substance pressed into a mass (as olives in the vat) is considered as connected, v. חִיבּוּר. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXIII, 4 מעוכה ed. Bub., v. קָטַף.—Lam. R. l. c. פסח מעוכין (not מעוכן) the Passover of the crushed (crowded); Pes. 64ᵇ שנתמעך … פסח מ׳ when one old man was crushed to death, and they called it &c. Tosef. ib. IV, 3 נכנסו ישראל … פסח מ׳ the Israelites entered the Temple mount and it could not contain all of them, and they called it &c.; (Var. מוֹעֲכִין the Passover of the crushers; Var. מוכין); Pes. l. c., v. מְעוּבֶּה.
    Pi. - מִיעֵךְ 1) same. Nidd. l. c. מְמַעַכְתּוֹ ברוק וכ׳ she tests the nature of the foetus by pressing and rubbing with her nail moistened with spittle. Y. Yoma VIII, 44ᵈ bot. צריך למַעֵךְ את חללה you must squeeze the core of the olive together (to be used as a standard of size). Yeb. 34ᵇ תמר באצבע מִיעֲכָה Tamar destroyed her virginity by friction with her finger; (ib. מוֹעֲכוֹת brides acting like Tamar). Y. Sabb. XX, 17ᶜ bot. מְמַעֵךְ (Bab. ib. 140ᵃ מַמְחוֹ, v. מָחָה). Keth. 36ᵇ; Gitt. 81ᵃ.—Esth. R. to I, 14, v. מָרַס; a. e. —2) (cmp. מוּךְ) to lower. Ber. 45ᵃ יְמַעֵךְ הקורא קולו (Var. יַמְעִיךְ Hif.), v. נָמַךְ.
    Hithpa. - הִתְמַעֵךְ,
    Nithpa. - נִתְמַעֵךְ 1) to be crushed, squashed, rubbed off. Y. Maasr. I, 48ᵈ bot., v. מָסַס. Pes. l. c., v. supra. Tosef. Mikv. VI (VII), 14 והן מִתְמַעֲכִין על הבגדים quot. in R. S. to Mikv. IX, 2 (ed. Zuck. מתמעטין) they are rubbed against (and stick to) the garments, v. גֵּץ. Men. X, 4 (66ᵃ) שלא יִתְמַעֵךְ that its grains may not be crushed; a. e. —2) to be lowered, flattened. Nidd. 47ᵃ, sq., v. כַּף.