צְבִיעָה I, (צָבַע I) handling; בית הצ׳ that part of a vessel by which it is handled, v. צְבִיטָה. Kel. XXV, 7 כל הכלים … ובית הצ׳ all vessels have backs, insides and handling places (independent of one another, v. צְבִיטָה); ib. 8 כיצד … אחזו בבית צְבִיעָתוֹ וכ׳ how is this? If one’s hands are clean, and the back of a cup is unclean, and he seizes it by its handling place. Ib. נטילתו באחת צביעתו באחת that which is taken up with one hand (at one special place) has one handling place (for the purposes of levitical cleanness); מקום אחיזתו שם צביעתו at whatever place a vessel is taken hold of, there is its handle. Y. Ḥag. III, 78ᵈ bot.; a. fr.