βύρσα

A. skin stripped off, hide (prop. ox-hide, β. καὶ ἄλλα δέρματα Hdt. 3.110), Batr. 127, Arist. HA 531a11, etc.; βύρσης ὄζειν smell of leather, Ar. Eq. 892; βύρσης κτύπος of the drum, E. Ba. 513; wineskin, Luc. Lex. 6, Aristid. Or. 26(14).18.

2. skin of a live animal, Theoc. 25.238.

3. in contempt, of the human skin, ἡ κακὴ β. Herod. 3.80.

4. screen or perh. sail, Luc. Nav. 4.