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Attrit is American slang for to wear down or dispose of gradually.
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v. t.
To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife.
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Rubbed; worn by friction.
v. i.
To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance.
n.
The state of being worn.
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The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
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The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.
v. t.
To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
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The act of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; attrition; in hygiene, the act of rubbing the body with the hand, with flannel, or with a brush etc., to excite the skin to healthy action.
v. t.
To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable.
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The fine, hard parts of wheat, rounded by the attrition of the millstones, -- used in cookery.
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A harsh sound caused by attrition.
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To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
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The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.
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Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
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Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.
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A mass of substances worn off from solid bodies by attrition, and reduced to small portions; as, diluvial detritus.
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