עָבִיט, (עבט, v. עֲבוֹט; cmp. חֶבֶט I) [fastening, pressing,]
עָבִיט, (של גמל) sumpter-saddle consisting of a pair of panniers tied across the animal’s back (Lat. clitellae, Gr. κανθήλια); also the cushion on the camel’s back (Arab. gabiṭ). Sifra M’tsor‘a, Zab., Par. 2, ch. III; Kel. XXIII, 2; a. e.—Pl. עֲבִיטִין. Tosef. Erub. III (II), 1; Erub. 16ᵃ top; Y. ib. I, 19ᵇ bot.—Tanḥ. Emor 18 עביטות. v. עֲבוֹט.
עָבִיט, ע׳ של ענבים (cmp. κανθήλια) a large basket, strapped on the carrier’s back, in which grapes are carried during the vintage. B. Mets. V, 7 (72ᵇ); Tosef. ib. VI, 2. Tosef. Maasr. III, 13 (ed. Zuck. עבוט, corr. acc.). Tosef. Dem. VI, 11; Y. ib. VI, 25ᶜ bot. עֶבֶט. Y. Bets. V, beg. 62ᵈ העבט. Toh. X, 4, sq. העביט ed. Dehr. (ed. העבט; Ar. מעבט). Y. M. Kat. II, beg. 81ᵃ דורכין את עַבְטוֹ you may press, for the mourner, the grapes in the basket (to prevent ruin by delay); a. e.
עָבִיט, ע׳ של מימי רגלים a large vessel for the collection of urine (for manufacturing purposes). Ber. 25ᵇ גרף של רעי וע׳ וכ׳ a vessel for the collection of excrements, and a tub for urine; Tosef. ib. II, 16 Var. B. Bath. 89ᵇ.—Keth. 82ᵇ, read with Tosaf.: ע׳ של נחושת a bronze tub.
