מַקְדֵּחַ, (קָדַח) borer. Kel. XIII, 4. Ib. XVII, 12 כמלא מ׳ גדול של לשכה וכ׳ as large as the hole made with the large carpenters’ borer kept in the Temple cell, which is the size of an Italian dipondium &c.; Ohol. XIII, 1; Tosef. ib. XIV, 1. Ohol. II, 3 באיזה מ׳ … בקטז וכ׳ what borer do they mean? The small one used by physicians &c. Ib. XIV, 2 מלא מ׳ כל שהוא any hole made with the borer, v. מִלּוּא; Tosef. ib. XIV, 7. Tosef. Sabb. XIII (XIV), 17 מקדיח; a. fr.—[Num. R. s. 9 מ׳ של חרס some ed., read מַקֵּדָה.]