קִירָא, (cera, κηρός) wax. Targ. II Esth. III, 8 (not קיר).—Sabb. 110ᵇ (Ms. M. קו׳), v. נִישְׂתְּרוּפֵי. Ib. 133ᵇ, v. קַלְבָּא. B. Mets. 40ᵃ באתריה … בק׳ וכ׳ in the place of one of the differing teachers they line the barrels with wax, which does not absorb much &c. Snh. 95ᵃ (proverbial phrase) בר ברך ק׳ וכ׳ let thy grandson sell wax (be a poor man), so that thou be spared suffering (do not sacrifice the present for the sake of the future); a. e.—Pl. קִירֵי. Pes. 8ᵃ בי ק׳ wax-store.