Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-tĕro, trīvi, 3
* To rub off or wear down in front (ante-class. and in postAug. prose): anum lima praeterunt,Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9; Plin. 11, 37, 63.
* To rub down beforehand: oleum amygdali amari praetritum,Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 17, 169.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary