Quoting%20commentary for Shabbat 8:7

חֶרֶס, כְּדֵי לִתֵּן בֵּין פַּצִּים לַחֲבֵרוֹ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, כְּדֵי לַחְתּוֹת בּוֹ אֶת הָאוּר. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, כְּדֵי לְקַבֵּל בּוֹ רְבִיעִית. אָמַר רַבִּי מֵאִיר, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין רְאָיָה לַדָּבָר, זֵכֶר לַדָּבָר (ישעיה ל), וְלֹא יִמָּצֵא בִמְכִתָּתוֹ חֶרֶשׂ לַחְתּוֹת אֵשׁ מִיָּקוּד. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי יוֹסֵי, מִשָּׁם רְאָיָה, וְלַחְשֹׂף מַיִם מִגֶּבֶא (שם):

A shard, what suffices for placing between one board and the next. [When boards, pillars, or beams are arranged on the ground in rows, and there is space between one and the other, it (the shard) is placed underneath so that it not bend.] R. Meir says: What suffices to rake coals with. R. Yossi says: What suffices for receiving a revi'ith (of water). R. Meir said: Even though there is no proof for this, there is an allusion to it [to a shard's significance as a coal-raker], viz. (Isaiah 30:14): "And there will not be found among its fragments a shard with which to rake fire from a hearth." R. Yossi said to him: Does that prove anything? The verse continues: "and with which to draw water from a geve!" [A geve is a small hole in which water collects — whence we see that a shard is also of significance as a water-receiver. The halachah is in accordance with R. Yossi.]

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