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דיוסטר‏ n.m. double-sided

double-sided (of a tool, weapon) LJLA. TgPs74:6 : בקופיץ ומיפסלת דיוסטר מחיין כבמרזופין‏ they strike with hatchet and a two-sided axe as with hammers [MT בְּכַשִּׁיל וְכֵילַפֹּת יַהֲלֹמוּן]. TgPs149:6 : והיך סייפא דיוסטרא באידיהון‏ like a two-sided sword in their hands †.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 297; Levy Ch-W: 1:169;

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