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To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks. Lyell.

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

Relieving weariness; restorative.

To tender, as an oath. Swear . . . to keep the oath that we administer. Shak.

Showing anger; proceeding from anger; acting as if moved by anger; wearing the marks of anger; as, angry words or tones; an angry sky; angry waves. "An angry countenance." Prov. xxv. 23.

A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. [Obs.] Shak.

Wearing an apron. A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. Pope.

Cunning; artifice; craft. Madam, I swear I use no art at all. Shak. Animals practice art when opposed to their superiors in strength. Crabb.

rtillery. No rude noise mine ears assailing. Cowper. No storm can now assail The charm he wears within. Keble.

ed with constant diligence or attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor. To weary him with my assiduous cries. Milton.

The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. Effected by attrition of the inward stomach. Arbuthnot.

In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]

be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.

To curse; to swear. [Obs.] Spenser.

Wearing rich caparisons. Fifteen hundred men . . . barded and richly trapped. Stow.

Wearing, or protected by, bases. [Obs.] "Based in lawny velvet." E. Hall.

To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each battered jade." Pope.

To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.

Weary; tired; fatigued; exhausted. [Colloq.] Quite beat, and very much vexed and disappointed. Dickens.

et or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink.