1. The act or process of rubbing off or away, wearing down by friction. lit. and fig. abrasion platform, a flat surface at the edge of the sea produced by the abrading action of the waves. OED.
Semantic Identity: French: Abrasion; Spanish: Abrasión; Italiano: Abrasione.
Let us suppose, that from the abrasion of the channel, the later tide arrives […] earlier than before. Babbage (Bridgw. Treat.) 1837 OED (Estéf.)
All coins will, by wear or abrasion, become thinner. Crump (Banking) 1866 OED (Estéf.)
The least abrasion of the skin was likely to result in an ulcer. H. M. Stanley (Dark Cont.) 1878 OED (Estéf.)
Lastly we have the more extensive, nearly horizontal plane produced by long-continued wave erosion, and commonly called the abrasion platform. Flattely & Walton (Biol. Sea-Shore) 1922 OED (Estéf.)
2. The result of rubbing off. †a. The substance rubbed off, débris. Obs. b. A rubbed or abraded place. OED.
[Earth] being probably the Ramenta or abrasions of the other elements. G. Cheyne (Ess. Regimen) 1740 OED (Estéf.)
Costing only a smart pull and a bleeding abrasion afterwards. Kane (Grinnell Exped.) 1853 OED (Estéf.)
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