פִּשְׁתָּן, f. same. Kil. IX, 1. Y. ib. 31ᵈ מה פ׳ כברייתה, v. preced. Ib. פ׳ של ים (Maim. to Kil. IX, 1 פשתים) seaflax (tangle). Kel. XVI, 6 עושי פ׳ workers in flax. Sifra Thazr., Neg., Par. 5, ch. XIII אונים של פ׳, v. אוּנִין. Ib. ch. XV, אניצי פ׳, v. אָנִיץ. Gen. R. s. 32; Cant. R. to II, 16 פשתני זה כשפִּשְׁתָּנוֹ קשה וכ׳ when his flax is hard, the flax-worker does not beat it too much וכשפשתנו יפה וכ׳ but when his flax is good, the more he beats it, the better it grows; so the Lord tries not the wicked &c.; a. fr.