3. (Med.) A superficial excoriation, with loss of substance under the form of small shreds. Dunglison.
Ab*ra"sive (&?;), a. Producing abrasion. Ure.
A*braum" or A*braum" salts (&?;), n. [Ger., fr. abräumen to remove.] A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
||A*brax"as (&?;), n. [A name adopted by the Egyptian Gnostic Basilides, containing the Greek letters α, β, ρ, α, ξ, α, σ, which, as numerals, amounted to 365. It was used to signify the supreme deity as ruler of the 365 heavens of his system.] A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.
A*bray" (&?;), v. [A false form from the preterit abraid, abrayde.] See Abraid. [Obs.] Spenser.
A*breast" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + breast.] 1. Side by side, with breasts in a line; as, "Two men could hardly walk abreast." Macaulay.
2. (Naut.) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.
3. Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.