סְקִילָה, (סָקַל) stoning, execution by stoning. Snh. VII, 1. Ib. 9 בס׳ (sub. נידון) is to be put to death by stoning. Ib. IX, 3 נידונין בס׳. Ib. הס׳ חמורה stoning is the severer punishment; a. v. fr.—בית הס׳ the place of stoning, a scaffolding from which the culprit was thrown down. Ib. VI, 1. Ib. 4 בית הס׳ היה וכ׳ the scaffolding was two (men’s) statures high; a. e.