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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Corrade  \Cor*rade"\  (k?r-r?d"),  v.  t.  [L.  corradere  -rasum; 
  cor-  +  radere  to  rub.] 
  1.  To  gnaw  into  to  wear  away  to  fret;  to  consume.  [Obs.] 
  --Dr.  R.  Clerke. 
 
  2.  (Geol.)  To  erode,  as  the  bed  of  a  stream.  See  {Corrosion}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  corrade 
  v  :  wear  away  [syn:  {abrade},  {abrase},  {rub  down},  {rub  off}] 




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