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Erasion :: Erasion (n.) The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.

Scrimshaw :: Scrimshaw (v. t.) To ornament, as shells, ivory, etc., by engraving, and (usually) rubbing pigments into the incised lines..

Friz :: Friz (v. t.) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument..

Refrication :: Refrication (n.) A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.

Strappadoes :: Strap (v. t.) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor..

Rubstone :: Rubstone (n.) A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub.

Brush :: Brush (n.) The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed..

Illinition :: Illinition (n.) A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment..

Grater :: Grater (a.) One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs..

Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..

Housework :: Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like..

Levigate :: Levigate (v. t.) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments..

Efface :: Efface (v. t.) To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin..

Intertrigo :: Intertrigo (n.) A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children..

Dry-rubbing :: Dry-rubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dry-ru.

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg..

Fray :: Fray (v. i.) To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly..

Affriction :: Affriction (n.) The act of rubbing against.

Rustle :: Rustle (n.) A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling..

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