Liddell-Scott-Jones

ξύω (xuō) to scrape ^G:V

ξύω,

Epic dialect imperfect ξῦον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔξῡσα [Refs 8th c.BC+] is probably falsa lectio for{-ξέσῃ} in [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, aorist ἐξῡσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐξύσθην [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect ἔξυσμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—scratch, scrape, λίστροισιν δάπεδον ξῦον they scraped the floor with rakes, [Refs 8th c.BC+] [prev. cited]; scratch, proverbial τὸν ξύοντα ἀντιξύειν 'claw me, claw thee', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέροντα κωνείῳ ξύοντα τὴν γῆν scratching a diagram on the earth, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τῷ δακτύλῳ [τὴν γῆν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γράψαι τὸ ξῦσαι παρὰ τοῖς παλαιοῖς (i. e. in [Refs 8th c.BC+] scrape off, get rid of, sad old age, [Refs]; πᾶσαν ᾐόνα ξύων scouring the whole coast, of a fisherman, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ={ἐπιξύω}, graze, of stars which touch the horizon but do not set, [Refs 3rd c.BC+].:—middle, scratch oneself, ξυόμενοι ἥδονται [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, τοῦ πηλοῦ ξυσθέντος being scraped up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of land, to beeroded, scoured away, by water, ξυσθείσης καὶ ἀφανισθείσης γῆς [Refs 6th c.AD+]

__II shred, ξύων τὴν σάρκα [τοῦ χαραδριοῦ] ἐν οἴνῳ διδόναι πίνειν probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III shape by whittling, shaving, or planing, κώπας [Refs]:—middle, παλτὸν ξύσασθαι whittle oneself a javelin, X. [prev. cited]
__IV shear the nap of cloth, ἑανὸν ἕσαθ᾽, ὅν οἱ Ἀθήνη ἔξυσ᾽ ἀσκήσασα [Refs 8th c.BC+]