περι-ξύω,
A. scrape all round, Hp. ap. Gal. 19.130 ;scrape offoraway, φλοιόν
LXX Wi. 13.11
, cf. Gal. 2.653 ;nibble at, ἄκροισι . . στομάτεσσι δαῖτα
Opp. H. 3.525
:— Med. ,scrape oneself, Diocl.Fr. 141 , Alex.Aphr. in Top. 455.25 :— Pass. , Hp. Mul. 2.192 ;περιξυομένη γῆ drilled outby a borer, Apollod. Poliorc. 149.3 .