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Strigillose :: Strigil (n.) An instrument of metal, ivory, etc., used for scraping the skin at the bath..

Scraper :: Scraper (n.) An instrument drawn by oxen or horses, used for scraping up earth in making or repairing roads, digging cellars, canals etc..

Scavenger :: Scavenger (v.) A person whose employment is to clean the streets of a city, by scraping or sweeping, and carrying off the filth. The name is also applied to any animal which devours refuse, carrion, or anything injurious to health..

Rabbler :: Rabbler (n.) A scraping tool for smoothing metal.

Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend..

Reamer :: Reamer (n.) One who, or that which, reams; specifically, an instrument with cutting or scraping edges, used, with a twisting motion, for enlarging a round hole, as the bore of a cannon, etc..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top..

Rasure :: Rasure (v.) The act of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration..

Scraping :: Scraping (n.) The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper..

Dentiscalp :: Dentiscalp (n.) An instrument for scraping the teeth.

Xyster :: Xyster (n.) An instrument for scraping bones.

Mezzotint :: Mezzotint (n.) A manner of engraving on copper or steel by drawing upon a surface previously roughened, and then removing the roughness in places by scraping, burnishing, etc., so as to produce the requisite light and shade. Also, an engraving so produced..

Rugine :: Rugine (n.) An instrument for scraping the periosteum from bones; a raspatory.

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

Curry :: Curry (v. t.) To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather..

Strigose :: Strigment (n.) Scraping; that which is scraped off.

Scuff :: Scuff (v. i.) To walk without lifting the feet; to proceed with a scraping or dragging movement; to shuffle.

Strike :: Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle..

Scrape :: Scrape (n.) The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen..

Bream :: Bream (v. t.) To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping..

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