מַקְלֶה, (קָלָה II) roasting place; אפר מ׳ ashes from the roast, i.e. vegetable ashes, contrad. to אפר which includes any crumbled substance. Taan. II, 1. Ib. 15ᵇ (ref. to ונותנין אפר וכ׳, ib.) אפר מ׳ הן מביאין they must bring wood-ashes (not dust, crushed bones &c.). Par. IX, 7 אפר כשר שנתערב באפר מ׳ ashes fit for lustration (ashes of the red cow) which were mixed with wood-ashes. Tosef. ib. X (IX), 1 הרי הן כא׳ מ׳ they are as unfit for lustration as wood-ashes. Ber. 28ᵃ, a. e., v. מַוֶּה II.