I.to hew or cut with an axe, to smoothe.
I. Lit. (late Lat.): deasciato stipiti, wrought, smoothed, Prud. στεφ. 10, 381.—
B. To rub out, efface: hunc titulum, Murat. Inscr. 1203, 9.—
II. Trop.: aliquem, to cheat, to chouse (cf. abrado), Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 11.