שָׁבַץ, (b. h.), Pi. שִׁבֵּץ (cmp. שָׁבִיס; Syr. שבץ confudit, miscuit) to interweave; to checker, adorn vessels with designs. Ḥull. 25ᵃ, sq.; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 10 כל שהוא עתיד … לשַׁבֵּץ any unfinished vessel which is … to be adorned with designs.