ἄρκαλα

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A. ear-rings or dry wood, Hsch. ἀρκαλέον· ξηρόν, ῥυσσόν, Id. ἀρκάνη, ἡ, bar to which the threads of the warp are fastened, Id.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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