קָלַח (denom. of קֶלַח) to rise in a column. B. Kam. 61ᵃ בקוֹלַחַת, v. קָדַח.
    Pi. - קִילֵּחַ 1) to bring forth an uninterrupted jet, cause an uninterrupted flow; to splash. Ab. Zar. 12ᵃ פרצופות המְקַלְּחִין, v. פַּרְצוֹף. Tosef. Erub. IX (VI), 23 המְקַלֵּחַ, v. צִנּוֹר. Ker. 22ᵃ כל זמן שמקלח as long as the blood gushes forth, v. תַּמְצִית; a. fr. —2) to cause gushing forth by interposing an object, to dam in and cause an overflow. Eduy. VII, 4; Zeb. 25ᵇ זוחלין שקִילְּחָן וכ׳ dripping liquids caused to overflow in a continuous current by a dam of burs of nuts. —3) (of locusts) to come in dense columns. Tosef. Sabb. XII (XIII), 5; Y. ib. XIV, beg. 14ᵇ; Bab. ib. 106ᵇ אם היו מְקַלְּחוֹת ובאות if they come on in dense columns. —4) to collect (coins in a tube). Tosef. Shek. III, 2; 4, sq. כהנים מקלחין אזתן (Var. מקבלין) the priests collect these moneys (put them in a horn, v. שׁוֹפָר).