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Abrase

Abrase \Ab*rase"\, a. [L. abrasus, p. p. of abradere. See Abrade.] Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] ``An abrase table.''
--B. Jonson.

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abrase
  1. (context obsolete English) Rubbed smooth or blank. (Attested only in the 17th century.)(R:SOED5: page=7) v

  2. (context transitive English) To wear down; rub clean; smoothen; abrade. (First attested in the late 15th century.)

WordNet
abrase

v. wear away [syn: abrade, corrade, rub down, rub off]

Usage examples of "abrase".

The door had lately had a key jammed in it and was very abrased and stiff: it showed me they suspected nothing or they wouldn't have left a lock in that condition.

The sea looked forbidding, rubbed and abrased by the wind into a treacherous, insecure surface.