abrader

Noun

 * 1) Something that abrades; a tool or machine for abrading.
 * 2) * 1856, H. A. Dewar, Actuating Mechanism for Rotating Tools, Patent dated 1 March, 1856, in The Practical Mechanic’s Journal, Volume I, p.232,
 * provision is made for the attachment thereto of various operating tools, such, for example, as drills, saws, grindstones, polishers, and cutters, or abraders or shapers of various kinds.
 * 1) * 2012, G. Domokos and G. W. Gibbons, “The evolution of pebble size and shape in space and time,” arXiv:1109.5707 [physics.geo-ph], p.2,
 * The physical assumption underlying Firey’s model is that the abraded particle (pebble) undergoes a series of small collisions with a very large, smooth abrader, and this might be the case when pebbles are carried by a fast river and collied repeatedly with the riverbed
 * 1)  A primitive artifact made of sandstone used for smoothing, sharpening, or shaping.
 * 2) * 1993, Nan McNutt and Marilyn Jesmain, Passages: An Archaeology Timeline of Southeast Alaska, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Alaska Region,
 * 5,000 years ago the people of Southeast Alaska began grinding bone on a sandy stone called an abrader to form the desired shape and sharpness.
 * 1)  A surgical instrument used to abrade bone or other tissue.
 * a cartilage abrader; a corneal abrader
 * a cartilage abrader; a corneal abrader

Translations

 * Dutch:, schuurwerktuig
 * Portuguese: abrasor