שָׁלַק (Shaf. of חלק, as שנק of חנק) 1) (cmp. Assyr. שלק, Del. Assyr. Handw. 666) to dissect. Bekh. 45ᵃ מעשה … שׁשָׁלְקוּ זונה וכ׳ it happened that the disciples of R. Yishm. dissected the body of a prostitute that had been condemned to death &c. —2) [to make smooth,] to boil thoroughly, boil to a pulp, seethe. Maasr. IV, 1 הכובש חשׁוֹלֵק וכ׳ he who presses, boils, or salts (vegetables, olives &c.) … is bound to give tithes. Tosef. Bets. II, 15 ש׳ הימנו וכ׳ if he seethed a small portion of the Passover lamb, contrad. to בישל. Naz. VI, 9 (45ᵇ) היה מבשל … או שׁוֹלְקָן Y. ed. a. Bab. (Mish. ed. שְׁלָקָן) having cooked or seethed the peace-offering; a. fr.—Part. pass. שָׁלוּק; f. שְלוּקָה. Y. ib. 55ᶜ top מתני׳ אמרה הש׳ קרוי מבושל this Mishnah indicates that ‘seethed’ is called cooked. Ned. VI, 1 הנודר מן המבושל מותר בצלי ובש׳ he who vows abstinence from ‘what is cooked’ is permitted to eat what is roasted or seethed. Ukts. II, 6 ביצה ש׳ a hard-boiled egg; Tosef. ib. II, 15; ביצה ש׳ וביצה טרמיסא (read: טרומיטא) a hard-boiled egg, or an egg boiled down to a pill, v. טְרוֹמִיטָא; a. fr.
    Pi. - שִׁילֵּק 1) to make smooth, (of melons) to trim and rub. Maasr. I, 5 אבטיח משׁיְשַׁלֵּק melons are subject to tithes as soon as the gardener trims them; ואם אינו מְשַׁלֵּק וכ׳ and if he does not trim them (before storing) &c.; Tosef. ib. I, 6 תורמין … אע"פ שלא ש׳ you must give T’rumah of cucumbers and gourds, even if you do not trim them; a. e. —2) to boil. Tanḥ. Bresh. 7 אין לך … ואתה שוקד לשַׁלְּקוֹ וכ׳ there is nothing more bitter than the lupine, but thou takest pains to boil and sweeten it &c. Tanḥ. Vaëra 14 נקבץ ונְשַׁלֵּק מהן we will collect them (the locusts) and boil (and preserve) them in casks.
    Nif. - נִשְׁלַק to be boiled. Neg. XI, 8 השתי משׁיִשָּׁלֵק warp is susceptible of uncleanness when it is boiled (Var. משׁיִשָּׁלֶה when it is taken out of the water); Sifra Thazr., Neg., Par. 5, ch. XIII.