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A raid. [Scot.]

a raft. Three vessels under sail, and one at anchor, above Split Rock, and behind it the radeau Thunderer. W. Irving.

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

To bring, or tend to bring, to a uniform grade, or slope, by addition of material; as, streams aggrade their beds by depositing sediment.

A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.

A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.

Comradeship and loyalty.

See Comrade, [Obs.]

aduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Spesifically: of or pertaining the centigrade thermometer; as, 10° centigrade (or 10° C.). Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and the point indicating the boiling s…

A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.

Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medusæ.

Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.

Pertaining to the Citigradæ. -- n.

A mate, companion, or associate. And turned my flying comrades to the charge. J. Baillie. I abjure all roofs, and choose . . . To be a comrade with the wolf and owl. Shak.

The spirit of comradeship; comradeship. [R.] "Certainly", said Dunham, with the comradery of the smoker. W. D. Howells.

The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume. [Obs.] Dr. R. Clerke.

degree; to lower in rank' to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer. Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar. Palfrey.

; debased; sunken; low; base. The Netherlands . . . were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. Motley.

Deprivation of rank or office; degradation. [R.] Milton.