ABRADE

ABRA'DE, verb transitive [Latin abrado, to scrape, from rado.]To rub or wear off; to waste by friction; used especially to express the action of sharp, corrosive medicines, in wearing away or removing the mucus of the membranes.

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abrade. Abrade, v.t. to rub or scrape off, to grate

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Ab‐rade″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Abrading.] [[L. abradere, abrasum, to scrape off; ab + radere to scrape. See Rase, Raze.]] To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks. Lyell.