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After years of manual labor, people's distinctive thumb markings can wear away.
New iPhone a Problem for People Who Lack Fingerprints | Winston Ross | September 12, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHence were, in the next line, must mean to wear away, to fret; cf. note to 4712.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe effect of the intense ice action above noted is rapidly to wear away the rocks of the valley in which the glacier is situated.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
This, however, might wear away, and he would take very good care that she should hear of his misdoings.
The Kellys and the O'Kellys | Anthony TrollopeBut this blackness will wear away in three or four days' time, by anointing it often with oil of sweet almonds.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | AnonymousNearly 50 ministers were present, and the impressions then made will, it is hoped, never wear away.
Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire | Thomas Coleman
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