I. Lit., a scraping, a shaving (post-Aug.): “calami,” Col. 4, 29, 9: “barbae capitisque,” Hier. in Isa. 5, 15, 2.—
2. Concr., what is scraped or shaved off; a scraping, shaving: “eboris,” Veg. 1, 10, 6; 6 (4), 8, 8.—
II. Trop.: “gulae,” the harsh pronunciation of the gutturals by the Orientals, Hier. in Ep. Paul. ad Tit. 2, 9.