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 dates Anthology 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 dates Anthology Palantina (ML)