κνᾰ́φ-ος,ὁ,
A. prickly teasel, Alc.Com. 35 ; used by fullers to card or clean cloth, Sch. Ar. Pl. 166 .
2.
= ἱπποφαές , Gal. 19.106 .
II. carding-comb, also used as an instrument of torture, ἐπὶ κνάφου ἕλκειν τινά
Hdt. 1.92
(κναφηί̈ονcodd.), cf. Hp. Mul. 2.114 , Plu. 2.858e (γναφ-), Hsch.