Obs. [ad. L. abrās-us, pa. pple. of abrādĕre: see ABRADE.] Rubbed smooth; rubbed clear from all markings; unoccupied, clean, blank. (Cf. L. tabula rasa.)
1600. B. Jonson, Cynthia’s Revels, V. vii. 42. A nymph as pure and simple as the Soule, or as an abrase Table.
1688. R. Holme, Acad. Armory, I. 12. But we must hold such things [blank shields] as Plato did his abrase tables, to be fit and capable of any form.
