| Rub (rub) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Rub |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Rubbed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Rubbing.] [Probably of Celtic origin] cf. W. rhwbiaw,
gael. rub.] |
To subject (a body) to the
action of something moving over its surface with pressure and
friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth;
as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with
sandpaper.
To move over the surface of (a body) with
pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs
the ground.
To cause (a body) to move with pressure and
friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the
body.
To spread a substance thinly over; to
smear.
To scour; to burnish; to polish; to
brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to
rub up silver.
To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
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To
move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel
rubs against the gatepost.
To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a
sore.
To move or pass with difficulty; as, to
rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the
world.
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The act of rubbing; friction.
That which rubs; that which tends to hinder
or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment;
especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a
pinch.
Inequality of surface, as of the ground in
the game of bowls; unevenness.
Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm;
joke; as, a hard rub.
Imperfection; failing; fault.
A chance.
A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen
cutting tools] a whetstone; -- called also rubstone.
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| Rub (rub) |
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| n. pl. | (?) |
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| Rub |
sing.
Rubai ((?)). [Ar. rub 'iyh
quatrian, pl. of rub'iy having four radicals, fr.
rub' four.] |
Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of
Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl. construed as
sing., a poem in such stanzas.
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