מְשִׁיכָה, (מָשַׁךְ) drawing, pulling. Y. B. Kam. X, end, 7ᶜ מְשִׁיכַת המחט, v. מַחַט. Num. R. s. 18, beg. משיכת דברים רכים the drawing (winning) power of soft words; Tanḥ. Korah 1; a. e.—Esp. m’shikhah, taking possession by drawing towards one’s self the object to be acquired. Kidd. I, 4 נקנית במ׳ is taken possession of by pulling, contrad. to הַגְבָּהָה a. מְסִירָה. B. Mets. 9ᵃ, contrad. to הַנְהָגָה. Ib. 47ᵇ, a. e. כדרך שתיקנו מ׳ וכ׳ as the scholars declared m’shikhah to be necessary to bind the seller, so did they make it necessary to bind the buyer; a. fr.