to do the work of the stove-setter

(כִּיד) כִּיר Pi. (כִּיֵּיד) כִּיֵּיר (denom. of כִּירָה II or of כַּד II) ( to do the work of the stove-setter or of the potter (כַּיָּיר or כַּיָּיד, v. בִּרְכַּיָּיר), to cement; to lay out with tiles, panels (Ar. reads ר, editions mostly ד. B. Kam.51a bot. אחד … וסיידוכ׳ (Ms. F. וסייר וכייר) if one dug a pit ten handbreadths deep, and another came and lined it with plaster and cemented it; Mekh. Mishp., Nzik., s.11. Ab. Zar.III, 7 (47b) סיידו וכִיְּירוֹ לאליל Mish. (Bab. ed. וכיידו לע״ז) he plastered the room and put tiles on (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Abacus) designing it for idolatrous purposes. Ib. סיידה וכִיְּירָהּוכ׳ (Ms. M. וציירה) if one plastered and stuccoed a stone (slab) for an idolatrous purpose. Gen. R. s. 28 סיידה וכיירה וציירה he plastered and panelled and painted the wedding chamber; Lam. R. to IV, 11 וכיידה. Tosef.Sot.VIII, 7 כִּיְּירוּהוּ וסיידוהווכ׳ (Var. כִּיְּדוּהָ, כִּיְּרוּהָ) they panelled the stone and stuccoed it and wrote upon it. B. Bath.60b אין מסיידין ואין מְכַיְּירִיןוכ׳ we must not decorate our rooms with plaster, panels and paintings in these days (after the destruction of the Temple); Tosef. ib. II, 17.Part. pass. מְכוּיָּיר, f. מְכוּיֶּירֶת. Ib.