סָנִיף, (סָנַף) attachment, wedge; key-stone. Midr. Till. to Ps. XCI; Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXV; Yalk. Gen. 120 כאדם שהוא נותן ס׳ לכיפה as one inserts a key-stone in an arch. Ber. 47ᵇ; Y. ib. VI, 11ᵇ top עושין אותו ס׳ לעשרה we wedge him in among the ten, i.e. we count him in so as to make up the requisite number; a. fr.—Pl. סְנִיפִים, סְנִיפִין. Tosef. Snh. VII, 9 בבית … עושין אותן ס׳ at a wedding feast we place them among (the adults); Hor. 13ᵇ. Taan. 25ᵃ ס׳ עשאום they made them (the beams) in links, i.e. joined mortised pieces to them. Tosef. Men. XI, 6 ארבע ס׳ … היו וכ׳ four golden attachments were there (to the table) shaped like forks; Men. XI, 6. Ib. 94ᵇ והס׳ מעמידין וכ׳ and these attachments supported the loaves; Num. R. s. 4; a. fr.—Kel. XXI, 3 ס׳ the side-pieces of a saw which hold the blade, and the wedge with which the cord is twisted