χερμ-άς,άδος,ἡ,
A. large pebbleorstone,esp. for throwing or slinging,sling-stone,
τηλεβόλος
Pi. P. 3.49
; ὀκριόεσσα
A. Th. 300
(lyr.); κραταίβολος
E. Ba. 1096
: ofpebbleson the seabeach, A.R. 2.695 (cf.στία), AP 7.693 ( Apollonid. ); also in later Prose, D.H. 9.21 , al.
II. in later Poets,large block of stone,
Lyc. 20 , 616 , AP 7.371 ( Crin. ).