נְשִׁילָה, (נָשַׁל) falling off, chopping off; dropping. Y. Macc. II, beg. 31ᶜ מה נ׳ שנ׳ להלן נשירה וכ׳ as the verb nashal there (Deut. XXVIII, 40) means dropping, so here it means (ib. XIX, 5) the slipping (of the iron from the helve). Ib. מה נ׳ שנ׳ להלן מכה וכ׳ as well as nashal there (Deut. VII, 1) means striking (diminishing), so here it means (Deut. XIX, 5) striking (the iron will cause a chip to fly off the wood). Koh. R. to IX, 12 בנְשִׁילַת אברים they died from decaying limbs; a. e.