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Rubbed smooth. [Obs.] "An abrase table." B. Jonson.

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

Producing abrasion. Ure.

A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.

Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast." Macaulay.

To lie or sail along the coast or side of; to accost. [Obs.] Whether high towering or accosting low. Spenser.

Anciently, a snake, called dart snake; now, one of a genus of reptiles closely allied to the lizards.

To craze. [Obs.] Grafton.

Excess; intemperance. [Obs. except in Med.] Farindon.

A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.

a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.

A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.

To measure.

One who admeasures.

Growing to or on something else. "An adnascent plant." Evelyn.

A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.

The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.

In a state of gasping. Coleridge.

See Aghast.