מִשְׁחָה, anointing, official installation; שמן המ׳ the oil used for installation. Hor. III, 4; Meg. I, 9, v. מָשַׁח I. Tosef. Sot. XIII, 1 גנז … וצנצנת של שמן המ׳ (Josiah) removed out of sight the Ark … and the bottle of the oil of installation (made by Moses). Hor. 11ᵇ ש׳ המ׳ … היו שולקין וכ׳ in the oil of installation which Moses prepared, they boiled the roots of spices. Ib. נמעול מש׳ המ׳ Ms. M. (ed. omit המ׳) dare we desecrate the sacred oil (by using it for non-Davidic kings)? Ib. 12ᵃ ומי הוה ש׳ המ׳ did any oil for the installation exist (in the days of Joahaz)?; a. v. fr.—הר המ׳ (= b. h. הר הזיתים) Mount of Olives. R. Hash. II, 4; Tosef. ib. II (I), 2; a. fr.—[Sabb. 56ᵇ, quot. fr. II Kings XXIII, 13 הר המ׳, Ms. M. המשחית.]