*שַׁבְשֶׁבֶת, same, esp. a twig smeared with a paste, lime-twig. Sabb. VIII, 4 (78ᵇ) דבק כדי ליתן בראש הש׳ Mish. a. Y. ed. (Bab. ed. השַׁפְשָׁף) as much paste as is required to put on the top of the lime-twig. Ib. 80ᵃ בראש ש׳ שבראש וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שפשף, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3), v. שַׁפְשָׁף.—[Lam. R. to V, 16 ר׳ ירמיה דש׳ some ed., v. שְׁבִשְׁתָּא.