A.wind off carded wool into a clew for spinning, Ar.Lys.587 (anap.).
II. metaph., wind off, achieve, accomplish, ἐγὼ δὲ δόλους τολυπεύω, of Penelope's web (with a play on the literal sense), Od.19.137; “ἐπεὶ πόλεμον τολύπευσε” 1.238, 4.490, al.; Φρῃξὶν πένθος τ. work them grief, E.Rh.744 (anap.); δόμον τ. finish building it, AP9.655; “λίθον . . ἐκ θεμέθλων” Arch.Anz.31.149 (Nicopolis).