מַקֵּל, c. (b. h.; קלל to swing) walking stick, in gen. staff. Sabb. 66ᵃ מ׳ של זקנים old men’s stick. Kel. XVII, 16; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. VII, 9 מ׳ שיש בו בית וכ׳ a staff which has a secret receptacle for a m’zuzah (מְזוּזָה) or jewels. Ab. Zar. III, 1 כל שיש בידו מ׳ a statue holding in its hand a staff; ib. 41ᵃ מ׳ שרודה את עצמו … כמ׳ the staff intimates symbolically that he causes himself to be chastised as with a staff in behalf of the entire world (vicarious sacrifice). Y. Dem. VII, beg. 26ᵃ [read:] מהו דחמית בחלמי דמ׳ בלשי וכ׳ (not דמיקל) what does it mean that I saw in my dream an officer’s staff suspended from my body?—Y. Ned. IX, beg., 41ᵇ מַקְלוֹ של ר"מ היתה וכ׳ R. Meir’s staff was in my hand, and it taught me knowledge. Toh. VIII, 9 מ׳ שהיא מלאה וכ׳ a staff which has become wet with unclean fluids; Tosef. ib. IX, 15 מ׳ שהיה וכ׳ (corr. acc.); a. v. fr.—Sabb. 139ᵃ (ref. to Is. XIV, 5) אלו הדיינים שנעשו וכ׳ this alludes to judges who are a staff (of support) to their beadles (conniving at their abuses).—Pl. מַקְלוֹת. Pes. V, 9. R. Hash. I, 9 לוקחין בידם מ׳ they may take sticks with them (for defence); a. e.—Yoma VI, 7 (67ᵇ) קלען במ׳ Y. ed. (Bab. a. Mish. במקלעות, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6) he twisted the limbs of the animals around carrying poles.