πίλ-ησις[ῑ],εως,ἡ ,
A. compression of wool, felt, Pl. Lg. 849c .
II. generally,compression, solidification, esp. ofcontractionby cold, Id. Ti. 76c , cf. Xenoph. ap. Placit. 3.4.4 , Pl. Ti. 58b , Thphr. CP 5.8.3 ( v.l. πιλώσει ) ;compressionof air, Ph. Bel. 77.22 ; opp.ἐξάπλωσις, Ph. 1.385 : pl., πιλήσεις ἀέρος
Epicur. Ep. 2p.44U.
, cf. Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.3 .
III. overloadingof animals, Anon. ap. Suid. (pl.).