צִנּוֹרָא III, (v. צִנּוֹר) hook, curved pin. Kel. IX, 6 (ed. Dehr. צְנֵירָה), v. כּוּשׁ I. Ib. XIII, 5 צ׳ שפשטה (ed. Dehr. צני׳) if a curved pin has been straightened. Ib. XI, 9 צ׳ טהורה (Maim. ed. Dehr. צני׳) the hook of an earring (detached) is clean; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. I, 9 [read:] צ׳ של נזם (v. R. S. to Kel. l. c.). Ib. III, 7 ניטל … מפני הצ׳ (ed. Zuck. הצינורות) if the flat portion of the baker’s shovel is broken off, it is susceptible to uncleanness on account of the hook on the other end (used as a poker); ניטלה הצ׳ (ed. Zuck. הצינורת) if the curved end is broken off (v. קַלִּיגְרָפוֹן). Yoma 12ᵃ מהפך בצ׳ he turns (a piece of flesh &c. on the altar) with the hook. Tosef. Sabb. VIII (IX), 16 כדי לעשות צ׳ קטנה enough coal to forge a small hook; ib. IX (X), 5 כדי … ממנו צ׳ וכ׳ enough iron to make of it &c. Men. 107ᵃ; Sabb. 90ᵃ צ׳ וכ׳ a small bronze hook. Gen. R. s. 74 אפי׳ מחט אפי׳ צ׳ וכ׳ thou hast not found with me even a pin or a hook (of thine); a. fr.—[Num. R. s. 8, v. next w.]—Pl. צִנּוֹרוֹת, צִנּוֹרִיּוֹת (fr. צִנּוֹרִית). Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 15 צ׳ התופסות וכ׳ the hooks which clasp the mill-stones from above. Ḥag. 21ᵇ, sq. מחטין וצ׳ pins (or needles) and hooks; a. e.—Chald., v. צִנּוֹרָא I.