σχεδία

A. raft, float, ἐπὶ σχεδίης πολυδέσμου Od. 5.33, cf. 174, PLille 25.4 (iii B.C.), PTeb. 701.152,318 (iii B.C.); ὥσπερ ἐπὶ σχεδίας Pl. Phd. 85d; ἐπὶ σχεδιῶν Th. 6.2; ς. διφθέριναι rafts of hides, X. An. 2.4.28: poet., boat, ship, E. Hec. 111 (anap.), Theoc. 16.41.

2. bridge of boats or pontoons, of the bridge of Darius, Epigr. ap. Hdt. 4.88, cf. 97, al.; so λινοδέσμῳ ς. πορθμὸν ἀμείψας A. Pers. 68 (lyr.), cf. Marm.Par. 66.

3. frame, ς. ὑπότροχος a frame on wheels for moving anything upon, Ath.Mech. 10.1.

II. cramp, holdfast, Ph.Byz. Mir. 4.2. (In signf. 1 the word is prob. fem. of σχέδιος (sc. ναῦς or γέφυρα), something knocked up off-hand: signf. 11 must be connected with σχεῖν, cf. σχεδόν.)