קָצַע (b. h.; cmp. קָצָה) 1) to scrape. Neg. XII, 6 שניהן … קוֹצְעִין both neighbors must bear the expense for tearing out (the leprous stone) and for scraping (the wall); Sifra M’tsorʿa, Neg., Par. 6, ch. IV; a. e. —2) to cut, dry, and pack figs (v. קְצִיעָה). Taan. 28ᵃ קוֹצְעֵי קציעית those pretending to be engaged in packing figs; Tosef. ib. IV (III), 7 (Var. קוֹצְאֵי); Y. ib. IV, 68ᵇ bot. —3) to trim, v. infra.
    Pi. - קִיצֵּעַ to cut the ends, trim. Kel. XXVII, 4 המְקַצֵּע מכולם וכ׳ if in trimming any of them he cuts off a piece one handbreadth square. Zeb. 94ᵃ עוצבא … לקַצְּעָהּ … עד שיְקַצְּעֶנָּה a fur intended to be trimmed (v. עיּצְבָּא) remains unsusceptible of uncleanness until it has been trimmed; Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. IV, 10. B. Kam. 66ᵇ כגון שקִיצְּעָן (Ar. שקצען) when he trimmed the stolen furs. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. XI, 8 אם היה גדול וקִיצְּעוֹ (not וקיצעו) if the cloth was large and he shortened it by trimming; ib. 9. Ib. 2 עד שיְקַצֵּעַ (or שיִקְצַע) until he cuts off (the defective portion). Ḥull. 123ᵇ במקצע ובא לו וכ׳ when he trimmed (the skin) going all around; a. e.