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English (LSJ)

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   A plucking or pulling out, of hair, A.Supp.839 (pl., lyr.), Men.Epit. 472; also, pulling up, καλάμου POxy.1692.10 (ii A.D.), 1631.9 (iii A.D.), cf. ὁλοτίλλω; joined with κνησμοί, as a symptom in sickness, Hp.Epid.1.23 (pl.).    II extraction of fibre, σησάμου PCair.Zen. 787.21 (iii B.C.); τ. ὀσπρίων, evulsitio, Gloss.