נִסְכָּא ², (preced. wds.) cast metal. Sabb. 59ᵇ, v. אֲנִיסְכָּא.—Esp. a piece of silver or gold, bar, opp. to מטבע, coined metal. B. Kam. 96ᵇ האי מאן דגזיל נ׳ וכ׳ if one steals a piece of metal and makes it into coins. Ib. 98ᵃ שבח לעניין נ׳ he profits by the increased value of the metal. Keth. 110ᵇ ואימא נ׳ but may not ‘silver’ in the agreement mean metal (not coins)?; Men. 107ᵃ; a. e.—B. Bath. 33ᵇ היינו נ׳ דר׳ אבא וכ׳ this is a case corresponding to that of a metal bar which R. Abba decided, the case being that one took by force a piece of metal &c.; Shebu. 32ᵇ; a. e.