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The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction.
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A scraped or worn area.
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A scraped area on the skin or on a mucous membrane, resulting from injury or irritation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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The act of abrading; the act of wearing or rubbing off or away by friction or attrition.
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The result of rubbing or abrading; an abraded spot or place: applied chiefly to a fretting or excoriation of the skin by which the underlying tissues are exposed. In pathology, a superficial excoriation of the mucous membrane of the intestines, accompanied by loss of substance in the form of small shreds. The substance worn away by abrading or attrition.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
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The substance rubbed off.
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A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.