שֶׁמֶן, preced. wds.) oil, fat. Sabb. II, 1 ש׳ שרפה oil of T’rumah which is condemned to be burnt on account of contamination; ש׳ קיק, v. קִיק. Ib. 2 ש׳ דגים fish-oil; ש׳ אגוזים nut-oil &c. Ib. 17ᵇ שׁמְנָן their oil, manufactured by gentiles; Ab. Zar. 36ᵃ. Ib. ש׳ רב יהודה וכ׳ as to gentiles’ oil, R. Judah and his court voted on it and permitted it. Pes. 83ᵇ; Ḥull. 91ᵃ; 92ᵇ שַׁמְנוֹ the fat surrounding the nervus ischiadicus, v. שׁוּמָן; a. fr.—עֵץ ש׳ pine-wood, v. עֵץ.—Pl. שְׁמָנִים, שְׁמָנִין. Sabb. II, 2 מתירין בכל הש׳ allow all kinds of oil to be used for Sabbath lights. Ib. 26ᵃ כל הש׳ יפין וכ׳ all oils are good for ink, but olive oil is the best. Y. Bicc. I, 64ᵇ top; a. fr.