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ξῦσμα

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ατος, τό, filings, shavings, Hp. Aph. 7.68, Inscr.Délos 442 B 96 (ii BC); in pl., ξύσματα ξύλων Apollod. Poliorc. 145.13 ; ξ. ἐλέφαντος Orib. 14.62.1.
lint, Erot. s.v. ἄχνη ὀθονίου. in pl., shreds of flesh, Hp. Acut. 59 ; ἐντέρων Gal. 8.382, 18(1).730, cf. Dsc. 4.176. in pl., particles, motes in the sunbeam, ψυχὴν εἶναι τὰ ἐν τῷ ἀέρι ξ. Arist. de An. 404a3, cf. Pr. 913a9.
that which is scratched on a thing ; hence ξύσματα = γράμματα, Hsch.
Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)
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