I.any light porous substance, ἁλὸς χνόος the foam that gathers at the edge of the sea, Od.; πωλικὸς χν. horse's foam, Anth.
II.the first down on the chin of youths, Lat. lanugo, Ar.: the bloom on fruit, Anth.
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