ὠμήλυσις

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 Ἄλυσις '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 AB 318.)