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Definition of Abraded
1. abrade [v] - See also: abrade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abraded
Literary usage of Abraded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society by Manchester Geological Society (1805)
"abraded COAL. A NEW THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF COAL. ... It is clear, at any
rate, that coal may be abraded by water and reformed again into ..."
2. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1885)
"... notwithstanding the tremendous rush of water which has been rolling over them
for so many centuries, these rocks have been comparatively little abraded. ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1882)
"... AND abraded SURFACES. Dr. HC Howard contributes the following to the Chicago
Medical Eeview:—The value of iodoform as a topical application has been ..."
4. Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller (1900)
"... may have originally been between the present and the future, has been abraded.
Sometimes there seems to be a conscious interval with the future, ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1897)
"It is abraded and worn. It is lost. It has to be supplied annually, and some
nations have a fixed law prescribing an annual increase of silver coin in ..."
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