ὠμήλυσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A bruised meal of raw corn, esp. barley or wheat (hence with κριθίνη or πυρίνη added), used for poultices, Hp.Morb. 2.31, Nat.Mul.27, Gal.10.282, 19.156; applied without water, Id.12.863; written divisim, μετὰ ὠμῆς λύσεως Dsc.3.24, Arching. ap. Gal.12.675, Gp.14.7.7. (Compd. of ὠμός and Αλῠσις 'grinding', cf. ἄλεσις, ἀλέω, ἄλευρον, and foreg.; also perh. OE. ealu 'ale':—the form ὠμῆς λύσεως by popular etymology: εἰρῆσθαι δὲ ὅτι οὐ φρυγόμενον ἀλήθεται AB318.)