▪ I. † abrase, ppl. a. Obs.
(əˈbreɪs)
[ad. L. abrās-us, pa. pple. of abrādĕre: see abrade.]
Rubbed smooth; rubbed clear from all markings; unoccupied, clean, blank. (Cf. L. tabula rasa.)
| 1600 B. Jonson Cynthia's Revels v. vii. 42 A nymph as pure and simple as the Soule, or as an abrase Table. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. 12 But we must hold such things [blank shields] as Plato did his abrase tables, to be fit and capable of any form. |
▪ II. abrase, v.
(əˈbreɪs)
[f. L. abrās- ppl. stem of abrād-ĕre; see prec. Cf. erase and Fr. raser.]
To rub off or away; to wear down by friction; to abrade (which is the ordinary form of the word).
| 1593 Nashe Christ's Teares 37 b, Thy habitation is quite abrased and plowed vppe. 1612 Cockeram, Abrase, to shaue. 1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt in 1855–6, I. 253 Sufficient skin has been abrased from thy shins. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v. Abrase, to dubb or smooth planks. |