sort of gourd, the leaves of which are eatable. Y. Shebi.
II, end, 34b וכ׳ פטורין ק׳ k. are exempt from tithes, . .. as
long as they have not formed gourds; Y. Ned. VII, beg.
40b. Ib. קירמולין. Tosef. Shebi. IV, 19 קרומנין ed. Zuck.
(Var. קרמלום, קרומלים). Tosef. Neg. I, 5 (expl. ירקרק)
וכקורמל כשעוה ed. Zuck. (Var. וכקורמן; R. S. to Neg. XI, 4
וכקורמין) of the color of wax or of k., v. כרמל.
קרמיד m. (~~~~ז~, ~~o) roofvtile. Y. Taan. I, 64b top הק׳ פני שיודחו כדי (not שידוחו) so that the surface of the roof-tiles appears washed (by the rain); Y. Ber. IX, 13a bot. פניה שיודחו (corr. acc.); Gen. R. s. 13 (not שידחו). -- Pl. קרמידים, קרמידין. Sifra M'tsor'a, Par. 6, ch. IV אפי׳ יכול וכ׳ ק׳ Ar. (ed. קרומדים, corr. acc.) lest you think that you may use also tiles or bricks. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. II, 3 וכ׳ והקרמודין הסילונות ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. קרמיון, corr. acc.) gutters or tiles in which &c.
קרמיון, קיר׳pr. n. river, lK'ramyon, prob. a tributary of the Jordan. Par. VIII, 10; Snh. 5b (Ms. M. קרימ׳). B. Bath. 74b (Ms. M. קור׳; Ms. O. קירמון; Ms. H. קדרון); Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIV קירמ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. קרייון, corr. acc.); Yalk. Ps. 697. - [Tosef. Kel. B. Kam.I, 3, v. preced.]
קרמינאי, v. קרמנאי.
קרמית c. קרמית f. (from its color; cmp. קרמולין) cowr-wheat (Melammpyron) of which a coarse bread is made. Tosef. Hall. I, 1 וכ׳ חייבת הק׳ אף (ed. Zuck. קרומית) k. is also subject to the priest's gift; Y. ib. I, beg. 57a; Y. Pes. II, 29b top; Bab. ib. 35a, expl. דמשתכחא שיצניתא וכ׳ a weed found among Papaver Spinosum. Tosef. ib. I (II), 29 וכ׳ יוצא הק׳ אף one may comply with the duty of eating matsah (on the first night of Passover) by eat- ing bread made of k. -- V. קורמי.
קרמנאי m. pl. Carmanians, inhabitants of Car- mania, a province of the ancient Persian empire, with the capital Oarmana; [oth. opin. (from קרמא) seilers of linen garments; cmp., however, meanings of טרסי I, II]. Sabb. 138a בדק׳ Ms. O. a. Ar. (ed. כדק׳; Ms. M. בדקמינאי) it refers to a folding bed or frame (ike tthat) used by the Carmanians (to exhibit their wares). Naz. 31b תורא דקרמנאי an ox of the Carmanians (good for ploughing); b. דקרמינ. -- B. Kam. 21a וכ׳ ק׳ מעיקרא originally Car-. manians had been living on the abandoned property belonging to the orphans, and had been paying a nominal rent; [Ms. M. קדמאי, Ms. R. a. vers. in Raschi קדמונאי old settlers or nomads g= קדם בני].
קרמתא, Targ. Prov. VII, 16, v. קרם.
קרן (b. h.; denom. of קרן) to emit horns or rays. H הקרין to be horned. Hull. 60a (ref. to Ps. LXIX, 32) מפריס והדר ברישא מקרין first it got horns and then hoofs; v. מקרין II. --- Y. R. Hash. III, 58a top (strike out כתיב מקרן).
קרן I (cmp. Arab. karan junxit &c.) to join, harness, put to. Y. Kidd. III, 64a וכ׳ זבונה ק׳ the trader put the beasts to and went of; [Var. קרן, v. קרן II].
קרן c. (b. h.; v. preced.) [joint, attachment; roundness, fulness,] 1) horn. Y. Erub. I, 19b bot. ק׳ של זכרותו, v. זכרות. R. Hash. III, 2 ק׳ ... השופרות כל all shofars (horns) are fit for use on the New Year's day, except that of a cow, because it is called keren (and not shofar); והלא ק׳ . . . כל do not all shofars also go by the name of kerenfh Ib. 26a; a. v. fr. - Keth. XIII, 2, v. צבי. -- Esp. (sub. נזק) damage done by an aninmaa's horn, goring. B. Kam. 2b. Ib. 4a; a. fr. -- Trnsf. horn, trump, wind instrument. Kel. XI, 7 עגולה ק׳ a round (wound) metal horn; contrad. to פשוטה a plain (straight) horn; Sabb. 47a; a. fr. -- Iu. ברנים, ברניים, קרניין pl. קרנים, קרנין, קרנות. Tosef. Par. II (I), 2; Bekh. 44a. Par. II, 2 וכ׳ ששרניה פרה a red cow whose horns aod hoofs are black; Bekh. l. c. וכ׳ שקרנים (corr. acc.). Bull. 60a, a. e. וכ׳ קודמות קרניו . . . שור the ox which Adam sacrificed was born with his horns (full grown) in advance of his hoofs. Par. XII, 9 יוצאי של ק׳ דרכים the travellers drinking horns. Gen. R. s. 99 אלו וכ׳ ק׳ תוקעי these (the Levites) blow horns, and those (the Greeks) blow trumpets. Ib. ק׳ בעל וזה ק׳ בעל זה this one (Joseph) is described as endowed with horns (power, Deut. XXXIII, 17), and that one (Rome) is &c. (Dan. VII, 24). Y. Shek. VI, 50a top וכ׳ כקרני, v. כילויא. Ib.; Yoma. 77b חגבים קרני the antenne of locusts; a. fr. -- 2) any promjection, point; a) beamm, ray. - Pl. as ab. Ex. R. s. 41; Tanh. Ki Thissa 37 ההוד קרני the beams of glory, halo; a. e. - b) proecting staff or handle. Par. XII, 9, v. כליבה. Lam. R. to I, 16 [read;] זו גלוסקאן קרן this point of the roll of white bread; a. e. -c) (with זוית or without) corner, v. זוית. Ber. 17a חשכה בק׳ . . . אורה בק׳ שתעמידנו that thou place us in the corner of light (position of honor), and not in the corner of obscurity. Men. 42a הק׳ על הטיל iff one attaches the show-tringes exactly in the corner; a. fr. - Pl. as ab. Hull. 31a, v. איזמל. Macc. 12a בקרנותיו תפש took hold of the prcjections of the altar; a. fr. -- יושבי קרנות those seated at street corners, v. ישב. -- [Gen. R. s. 75, v. יוב a. קיון.) - 3) (cmp. כרן) fulness, essence. Nidd. II, 6, v. ערכום I. -- Esp. principal, capital. B. Kam. IX, 7 וכ׳ וחומש ק׳ משלם must pay the principal (the full value of the stolen goods) and the fine of one-fifth, and bring a guilt-offering; a. v. fr. - Trnsf. the capital of raward or puniishmentt laid aside for the hereafter. Peah I, 1; Tosef. ib. I, 2, sq., v. פרי; a. fr. -- [אפל ק׳, v. אפל II.]
קרן II, קרן, קרנא I ch. same. 1) horm; trnst. trength; beam, ray. Targ. Josh. VI, 5. Targ. ISam. XVVI, 1. Targ. Ps. LXXXIX, 18. Targ. Job XLII, 14; a. fr. -- B. Bath. 16b, v. קרש II. Ber. 62b (prov.) וכ׳ ברומי קריא ק׳ when the horn calls in (the market of) Rome, son of a trader in figs, sell thy father's figs (wait not for thy father's return, if he is absent). Macc. 16b, a. e. דאומנא ק׳ the surgeon's horn (in which he receives the blood); a. fr. -- Pl. קרנין, קרני. Targ. IKings XXII, 11. Targ. Ps. LXIX, 32 (v. Hull. 60a, quoted in preced.); a. fr. -- Sabb. 154b דאומנא ק׳, v. supra. Ib. 129b וכ׳ בזוזא ק׳ מאה Ar. a. Ms. O. (ed. קרי, v. Tosaf. a. l.) a hundred horns (hundred blood-lettings) for a Zuz, a hundred heads (hair-cuttings) for a Zuz, a hundred lips (trimmings of mustaches) for