ξύσ-μα,ατος,τό,
A. filings, shavings,
Hp. Aph. 7.68 , Inscr.Délos 442
B 96
(ii B. C.): in pl., ξύσματα ξύλων
Apollod. Poliorc. 145.13
; ξ. ἐλέφαντος
Orib. 14.62.1
.
b. lint,
Erot.
s.v. ἄχνη ὀθονίου.
c. in pl.,shredsof flesh, Hp. Acut. 59 ; ἐντέρων
Gal. 8.382
, 18(1).730 , cf. Dsc. 4.176 .
2. in pl.,particles, motesin the sunbeam, ψυχὴν εἶναι τὰ ἐν τῷ ἀέρι ξ.
Arist. de An. 404a3