a. [f. L. abrās-us: see ABRASE + -IVE; as if from a L.*abrāsīvus.] Having the property of abrading.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, s.v. Abrasion, The abrasive tool or grinder is exactly a counterpart of the form to be produced.
1880. G. C. Wallich, in Athen., 6 March, 316. To dispose of the supposition that the shape of the Pyrospores is due to any rolling or abrasive action at the sea bed.
