סִכְסֵךְ I, to be caught; to stick. Nidd. 25ᵇ מביא … אם מְסַכְסֵךְ וכ׳ one takes a chip with a smooth head and introduces it at the place of the genitals (of a miscarried foetus), and if it gets caught (that it can proceed no farther), it is sure to be a male foetus.
סִכְסֵךְ I, toentangle, snare. Gen. R. s. 67 ועופות ומְסַכְסְבָן וכ׳ and (he hunted) birds and ensnared them, but an angel came and freed them; Yalk. Prov. 950.—Part. f. מְסַכְסֶכֶת (sub. סַכִּין) a slaughtering knife having an indentation which catches the nail passing in one direction, contrad. to אוגרת which catches the nail in either direction. Ḥull. 17ᵇ Ar. (ed. מְסוּכְסֶכֶתpart. pass.).