abradern.
/əˈbreɪdə/, U.S. /əˈbreɪdər/ An implement for abrading something.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] > one who or that which rubs or scrapes
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scratcher1674
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scrubber1839
abrader1849
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scourer1859
1849 J. D. Hooker Let. 24 June in C. Darwin Corr. (1988) IV. 244 The action of an abrader would be to splinter & fracture [the rocks].
1868 Sci. Amer. 23 Sept. 205/2 I claim as a new article of manufacture, the double surfaced flexible abrader.
1933 S. Casson Technique Early Greek Sculpt. ii. vii. 180 Much work that would have been done at a later period by the punch is done with the saw or abrader.
2004 Amer. Antiq. 69 309/2 Leatherworking is perhaps attested by three different kinds of bone awls, together with grooved sandstone abraders.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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