נָפַט, Pi. נִיפֵּט (cmp. נפץ) to beat (cotton). Sabb. 73ᵇ הדש המנפץ והמְנַפֵּט וכ׳ threshing, beating flax and beating cotton are all one kind of labor (threshing). [Ar. s. v. פץ reads: והמנפס, v. נָפַס.]