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Awl :: Awl (n.) A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc..

Abrade :: Abrade (v. t.) Same as Abraid.

Badger :: Badger (n.) A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana / Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface; to grate harshly over; to abrade; to make even, or bring to a required condition or form, by moving the sharp edge of an instrument breadthwise over the surface with pressure, cutting away excesses and superfluous parts; to make smooth or clean; as, to scrape a bone with a knife; to scrape a metal plate to an even surface..

Norite :: Norite (n.) A granular crystalline rock consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar (as labradorite) and hypersthene.

Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment..

Labrador :: Labrador (n.) A region of British America on the Atlantic coast, north of Newfoundland..

Gabbro :: Gabbro (n.) A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro)..

Bite :: Bite (v.) The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects..

Skunkhead :: Skunkhead (n.) A duck (Camptolaimus Labradorus) which formerly inhabited the Atlantic coast of New England. It is now supposed to be extinct. Called also Labrador duck, and pied duck..

Brog :: Brog (n.) A pointed instrument, as a joiner's awl, a brad awl, a needle, or a small sharp stick..

Brob :: Brob (n.) A peculiar brad-shaped spike, to be driven alongside the end of an abutting timber to prevent its slipping..

Ai :: Ai (n.) The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.

Eccoriate :: Eccoriate (v. t.) To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances..

Abrade :: Abrade (v. t.) To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks..

Brad :: Brad (n.) A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head..

File :: File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc..

Labradorite :: Labradorite (n.) A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar..

Bark :: Bark (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.

Bite :: Bite (v. t.) To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food..

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