Abrasion

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The substance rubbed off.

II. Abrasion ·noun A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds.

III. Abrasion ·noun The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

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