abrase v 1: wear away [syn: {abrade}, {corrade}, {abrase}, {rub down}, {rub off}]
Abrase \Ab*rase"\, a. [L. abrasus, p. p. of abradere. See {Abrade}.] Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] "An abrase table." --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]