Wear
In materials science, wear is erosion or sideways displacement of material from its "derivative" and original position on a solid surface performed by the action of another surface.
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Famous quotes containing the word wear:
“Don’t ever wear artistic jewelry; it wrecks a woman’s reputation.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)
“We wear the mask that grins and lies,”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
“If the dignity as well as the prestige and influence of the United States are not to be wholly sacrificed, we must protect those who, in foreign ports, display the flag or wear the colors of this Government against insult, brutality, and death, inflicted in resentment of the acts of their Government, and not for any fault of their own.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)