shaved, whittled
shaved, whittled with a knife or plane, ἀκόντια Hdt. 2.71 (nisi del. ἀκόντια) ; κάμαξ Ar. Fr. 404 ; βέλος Antiph. 112 ; δόρατα Arr. Tact. 40.4.
2 scraped, shredded, grated, of lint, collected by scraping, raked off
scraped, shredded, grated, τυρός Antiph. 113.18 ; μοτός pledget of lint, Gal. 14.795 ; ἰὸς ὁ ξ. collected by scraping, Dsc. 5.79 ; μέτρον ξ. with the top raked off, not heaped up, PFay. 84.7 (ii A. D.).
3 trimmed, cropped
trimmed, cropped with scissors, μαχαίρᾳ ξύστʼ ἔχων τριχώματα Ephipp. 14.6.