ἵνα οὖν μηδ' ἐν τούτῳ δῷ αὐτοῖς λαβήν (Photius, Fragments on the Epistle to the Romans 483.26) → so that he doesn't give them even here a handle (= an opportunity for refutation)
ἰσχνῶ, -όω(Α) ισχνόςκάνω κάτι ξηρό, ξηραίνω.