נָגָר, (preced. wds.) [trimmed chip,] door-bolt, pin fitting into sockets top and bottom. Erub. X, 10, v. גְּלוֹסְטְרָא. Ib. 11, v. גָּרַר. B. Bath. 101ᵃ (in Chald. dict.) דעביד להו כמין נ׳ he made the sepulchral chambers like an upright bolt, i.e. placed the bodies in an upright position. Men. 33ᵃ עשאה כמין נ׳ if he fastened the door-post inscription (מזוזה) so as to look like a bolt shoved into a case, i.e. horizontally. Y. Meg. IV, end, 75ᶜ בית מזוזתו … כמין נ׳ the case for the inscription in Rabbi’s house was made like an upright bolt (reaching the top of the door). Num. R. s. 15; Yalk. Josh. 32 יריחי היתה נְגָרָהּ וכ׳ (not נגרא) Jericho was the bolt of Palestine; a. fr.