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Definition of Abrading
1. abrade [v] - See also: abrade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abrading
Literary usage of Abrading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1870)
"... in Northern India, as affected by the abrading and Transporting ... At the
last Meeting of this Association the author drew attention to the " abrading ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1852)
"... which the abrading forces acted, at least indicate that they existed, and
operated with the same effect, and doubtless under the same circumstances, ..."
3. Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities by William Henry Holmes (1919)
"abrading PROCESSES THE abrading processes, as employed in stone-shaping by
primitive peoples, are very generally supplementary to fracturing and crumbling. ..."
4. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1866)
"Geographical distribution, form, and characters of glacial drift—Fundamental
rocks, polished, grooved, and scratched—abrading and ..."
5. Irrigation Canals and Other Irrigation Works: Including the Flow of Water in by Patrick John Flynn (1892)
"abrading and Transporting Power of Water. Professor J. LeConte, in his " Elements
of Geology," states:— " The ..."
6. The American Indian: An Introduction to the Anthropology of the New World by Clark Wissler (1922)
"17- Pebbles Showing the Process of abrading, or Pecking. Boas. 1909, 1 necessary
processes, which, in the main, agree with those observed among living ..."
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