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abrading
adjective as in scratching
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A bar of steel having sharp teeth on its surface, and used for abrading or smoothing hard surfaces.
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Their energy is dissipated in moving shore drift hither and thither and in abrading the bench when they drag bottom upon it.
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But as long as there are any stage roads in sight, or signs of abrading wheels, you will find no trout.
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When a part was fully developed, the rubbers were cut to smaller and smaller dimensions and the abrading reduced to minute areas.
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The levelling and abrading action of water on rock has an entirely different character.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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