ppl. a. [f. EFFACE v. + -ING2.] That effaces or obliterates.
1813. Byron, Giaour, 73. Decay’s effacing fingers.
1883. Pall Mall Gaz., 12 Nov., 4/1. Although embalmed, the effacing fingers of death were … shockingly apparent on the Cardinal’s visage.
ppl. a. [f. EFFACE v. + -ING2.] That effaces or obliterates.
1813. Byron, Giaour, 73. Decay’s effacing fingers.
1883. Pall Mall Gaz., 12 Nov., 4/1. Although embalmed, the effacing fingers of death were … shockingly apparent on the Cardinal’s visage.
