קוּטְבִּי, (קטב) small wine or olive press with a cylindrical beam. Sifra B’har, Par. 1, ch. I אין עושין זתים בבד ובק׳ (in the Sabbatical year) you must not press olives in a bad (v. בַּד II) or in a ḳuṭbi; Shebi. VIII, 6 Ms. M. a. Y. ed. (Mish. a. Bab. ed. קוֹטֶב); Y. ib. 38ᵇ; Tosef. ib. VI, 27 קתבי (ed. Zuck. קינבי, corr. acc.). Tosef. Toh. X, 22 קתכו (corr. acc.). [In later Hebr. קוטב pole; Arab. polar star.]