Abrade (verb)
a-brayd
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
1670–80; Latin abrādere, equivalent to ab- ab- + rādere to scrape
Example sentences
“If they can abrade off most of the paint then it makes a good surface to renovate from.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
