ἔγχωσις

εως, ἡ
A. silting up of a channel, Arist. Mete. 352b34, Plb. 4.39.10, etc.: pl., Str. 5.3.8.
II. bank, dyke, αἱ ἐ. τῶν τάφρων Ph. Bel. 100.24, cf. Ostr.Strassb. 777.

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Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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