χρώς χράω like χρόα (χροιά) , the surface of the body, the skin, Hom.: also the flesh, opp. to the bone, Hom.:—generally, the body, frame, Pind., Trag. ἐν χροΐ, Attic ἐν χρῷ, close to the skin, ἐν χροΐ κείρειν to shave close, Hdt.; ἐν χρῷ κεκαρμένος Xen.:—metaph., ξυρεῖ γὰρ ἐν χρῷ τοῦτο it touches one nearly, comes home, Soph.; ἐν χρῷ παραπλέειν to sail past so as to shave or graze, Lat. radere, Thuc.:—absol., ἐν χρῷ (also written ἐγχρῷ or ἐγχρῶ) , near at hand, hard by, Luc. the colour of the skin, complexion, Hom., Eur. generally, colour, Aesch.