Hypertext Webster Gateway: "abrase"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Abrase \Ab*rase"\, a. [L. abrasus, p. p. of abradere. See
{Abrade}.]
Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] ``An abrase table.'' --B. Jonson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
abrase
v : wear away [syn: {abrade}, {corrade}, {rub down}, {rub off}]
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