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1) [line 4] SHE'NISPATMAH - that was fattened
2) [line 5] KARSHINEI AVODAS KOCHAVIM - the beans of a species of vine, probably the horse-bean (which is rarely used as human food), that were used as an offering to Avodah Zarah, or were themselves served as Zvodah Zarah

3) [line 6] TAVOR - it shall be laid fallow, unplanted, until the effect of the fertilizer of Avodah Zarah wears off

4) [line 7] TIRAZEH - it shall be starved until it loses the benefit of the Karshinei Avoidah Zarah

5) [line 8] R"E - Rebbi Eliezer
6) [line 9] SE'OR - sourdough, a very heavily fermented dough that is mixed with fresh dough to cause it to rise

7) [line 12] ACHAR HA'ACHARON ANI VA - I rule that the mixture should have the Halachic status of the last ingredient added

8) [line 13] L'CHATCHILAH - first
9) [line 22] HISIK BAH ES HA'TANUR - he used it (kindling wood taken from an Asheirah tree) to fuel an oven

10a) [line 23] CHADASH YUTATZ - a new one (i.e. a new oven) shall be destroyed (since it becomes prohibited as Isurei Hana'ah, since it was strengthened by the heat of the Asheirah wood, completing its manufacture through the use of Isurei Hana'ah)
b) [line 23] YASHAN YUTZAN - an old one must be left to cool off before it is used for baking

11) [line 24] NIS'ARVAH B'ACHERIM KULAN ASUROS - if it is becomes mixed in with other loaves of bread, they are all prohibited as Isurei Hana'ah (since they are termed "Davar shebe'Minyan," which cannot be nullified by a majority of permitted objects -- Beitzah 3b, see TOSFOS ibid. DH v'Acheros and TOSFOS here DH Nis'arvah)

12) [line 5] YOLICH HANA'AH L'YAM HA'MELACH - the benefit he receives from [selling] them "should go to Yam ha'Melach," i.e. it must be destroyed

13) [line 6] KARKOR / KARKAR - (O.F. raiol) a wooden tool used by weavers for separating threads on the loom and for other purposes

14) [line 13] KALI LAH ISURA - the items from which it is prohibited to benefit, i.e. the wood from the Asheirah tree, gets burned up

15) [line 21] CHAVIS - a barrel [of wine that is Yayin Nesech]

16) [line 23] YAYIN NESECH
(a) Wine that was poured as an idolatrous libation is Asur b'Hana'ah. This is derived from the verse, "Asher Chelev Zevacheimo Yochelu, Yishtu *Yein Nesicham*" - "Those who ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings" (Devarim 32:38), which compares the wine of libations to an animal sacrificed for idolatrous purposes.
(b) The Chachamim prohibited the wine of a Nochri that was *not* poured as a libation (Stam Yeinam) out of fear that drinking wine together would lead to intermarriage. In order to avoid confusion between Yayin Nesech and Stam Yeinam, the Chachamim instituted that Stam Yeinam is also Asur b'Hana'ah. Although this is only an Isur mid'Rabanan, it is a very severe prohibition (see Chochmas Adam 75:1).

17) [line 23] B'CHAMREI - with his wine (which was probably in a collection pit)
18a) [line 26] KIRSEM - he (a Nochri -- all the actions of Bitul are performed by a Nochri) took off the dry twigs to use as kindling wood
b) [line 26] ZIRED - he took of moist twigs for his own personal use
19a) [line 26] MAKEL - a stick
b) [line 26] SHARVIT - a stem
20) [line 27] ALEH - a leaf
21) [line 27] SHIYEFAH - he planed it
22) [line 28] SHAFA'IN - the shavings
23) [line 37] KISEM - wood chip

24a) [line 44] AVODAS KOCHAVIM SHEL CHULIYOS - an idol that can be taken apart (lit. that is made of vertebrae)
b) [line 44] UV'HEDYOT SHE'YACHOL L'HACHAZIRAH - and [we are dealing] with [a case where] an ordinary person can put it together

25) [line 48] MARKULIS - the Roman God Mercury, identified with the Norse god Wodin, worshipped by throwing stones at the Markulis Gadol or removing stones from in front of it (Rambam ibid.). The Markulis Gadol was a structure of three stones, two set next to each other and the third on top of the first two.

26a) [line 49] SHE'NIR'OS IMO - that are close to it (lit. seen with it). The Gemara discusses this distance on Daf 50a.
b) [line 49] SHE'EIN NIR'OS IMO - that are not close to it

27) [line 53] SHE'NASHRU - that fell from it
28) [last line] ME'IKARA TEVUREI MISBEREI - it originally was made from rocks that are not attached (lit. broken), but rather piled upon each other

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