Abraded
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
to scrape off.
Historical Examples
It is as well, however, not to apply it to any abraded surfaces.
Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians William K. David
The lower eye would, also, have been liable to be abraded by the sandy bottom.
On the Origin of Species Charles Darwin
Here and there, where the bark had cracked or been abraded, hard-skinned blisters had exuded.
The Silent Places Steward Edward White
The skin was abraded; the ankle evidently had been wrenched.
The Young Ranchers Edward S. Ellis
At the anterior extremity of this incision there was a deep, nearly square, abraded surface, about an inch across.
The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield Emma Elizabeth Brown
When covered with resin-plaster it forms an excellent article for the protection of abraded surfaces.
Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley
In surgery plain collodion is employed as a dressing for wounds, and as a protection to abraded surfaces.
Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley
It is commonly sold as a lip-salve and as a healing application to abraded and chapped surfaces generally.
Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley
Instead of rising to his feet, he sat doggedly up and began chafing his abraded shin.
The Fiend’s Delight Dod Grile
This callus may form upon any cut surface, or even where the bark has been abraded.
American Pomology J. A. Warder
verb
(transitive) to scrape away or wear down by friction; erode
v.
1670s, from Latin abradere “to scrape off” (see abrasion). Related: Abraded; abrading.
abrade a·brade (ə-brād’)
v. a·brad·ed, a·brad·ing, a·brades
To wear away by mechanical action.
To scrape away the surface layer from a part.
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