BT Git 70b(34) :דשחט מאבראי ולא פרכיס אינמי דשחט בביתא דבי שישא ופרכיס‏ : he cut (his trachea and oesophagus) outside, and he did not make a spasmodic motion, or also he cut (his trachea and oesophagus) in a marble room, and he made a spasmodic motion
See the entire entry for prks vb. to tremble; to object