I.to scrape, shave, or pare close.
I. Lit.: scobina ego illam actutum adraserim, Plaut. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 68 Müll.: “adrasum cacumen,” lopped off, Plin. 17, 19, 30, § 138: “scalpello acuto (sarmentum) in modum cunei adradito,” Col. de Arb. 8: “conspexit Adrasum quendam,” newly shaved, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 50.—
II. Fig.: Αειτούργιον illud, nescio an satis, circumcisum tamen et adrasum est, i. e. if it be not yet completed, still it is nearly so (the fig. is prob. derived from sculpture), Plin. Ep. 2, 12 Keil.
