1. to make sharp or pointed, sharpen, whet , (Hesiod)

2. to furnish with notches or teeth , like a saw, (Aristotle Philosopher):—;Pass. σκύταλον κεχ. ὄζοις a staff jagged or rugged with branches, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus): metaphorically, [ ὄμμα] ἠλεμάτοις ἀκτῖσι χαράσσεται sparkles with false lights, of the effect produced by painting the eye-lids, [variant datesAnthology Palantina

3. metaphorically in Pass. κεχαραγμένος τινί exasperated at any one, (Herdotus Historicus); κείνῳ τόδε μὴ χαράσσου be not angry at him for this, (Euripides)

4. to cut into furrows, cut, scratch , (Pindar):—;Pass. κέκοπται καὶ χαράσσεται πέδον (Aeschulus Tragicus)

5. to engrave, inscribe , [Refs 3rd c.BC, variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)