Might mean (unverified): Wearing away by scraping action.
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noun:  A sloppily cut groove, furrow, or trench, characterised by the presence of refuse material from which it was cut.
noun:  An anthropological term used to describe grooves or other similar markings on bullets exclusively. Scoriation is a joining of "scoring" and "striation."
noun:  aphetic form of excoriation

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