קְשַׁט ch. same. —Pa. קַשֵּׁט 1) to straighten, correct. Targ. I Chr. XXIX, 18. —2) to go in a straight line, to shoot forth. Targ. Hos. VI, 3 מְקַשֵּׁיט (not מִ׳; ed. Lag. מקשט; h. text נכון). —3) to prepare. Yeb. 63ᵇ (of a bad wife) מְקַשְּׁטָא … ומקשטא וכ׳ has a tray ready for him, and has her mouth ready for him (to scold); מק׳ … ומחדרא וכ׳ prepares a tray for him, and turns her back to him.
    Ithpa. - אִתְקַשֵּׁט, אִיקַּשַּׁט 1) to be shot. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XIX, 13 (ed. Vien. יתקשתין). —2) to be dressed, prepared. Targ. Is. LXI, 10. Targ. Am. IV, 12 (h. text הכין).—Taan. 23ᵇ כי מִיקַּשְּׁטָא is well dressed; a. e.