A.skin stripped off, hide (prop. ox-hide, “β. καὶ ἄλλα δέρματα” Hdt.3.110), Batr.127, Arist.HA531a11, 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.
4. screen or perh. sail, Luc.Nav.4.