Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An organ on the first tarsal joint of a bee's fore leg, used to curry or clean the antennæ; a curry-comb: so called on account of the fringe of stiff hairs.
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Examples
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You will find that on the edge of your strigilis a substance builds up-rather oily, but having the consistency of cheese curds.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Of these a rose is the most common, and a strigilis may be seen on folio 61.
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Latin strigilis, a flesh-scraper; an instrument used in the bath for cleansing the skin.
The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1844
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The sense of _strigilis_ is supported by Suidas; see Sturz's
The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1844
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