קָפַל II (transpos. of קלף; cmp. Syr. קפל, P. Sm. 3691, sq.) to scrape, eat away. Sifré Num. 85 [read:] ירדה … קוֹפֶלֶת ומחתה בהם מתחתיהם fire came down from heaven, and it was eating away and digging among them from under them; Yalk. ib. 732 [read:] קופלת ומחתה בהם.
    Pi. - קִיפּל to scrape off. M. Kat. 9ᵇ בסיד … לקַפְּלוֹ במועד a lime paste which you may scrape off during the festive week.—[Sot. 35ᵇ, Rashi to Ḥull. 44ᵃ וקפלו את האבנים, ‘they scraped the stones’ by confounding with ib. 36ᵃ וקילפו את הסיד.]
    Hithpa. - הִתְקַפֵּל to be scraped; (of glassware) to be cut or engraven. Y. Succ. IV, 54ᵈ top מהו … שהיתה מִתְקַפֶּלֶת what kind of white glass is meant? Cut (or engraved) glass.