Definition of rub

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Rub (v. t.) 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..

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Moellon :: Moellon (n.) Rubble masonry.
Cholochrome :: Cholochrome (n.) See Bilirubin.
Lute :: Lute (n.) A packing ring, as of rubber, for fruit jars, etc..
Brush :: Brush (n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To make smooth by rubbing.
Southernwood :: Southernwood (n.) A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.
Assart :: Assart (n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest..
Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet..
Stub :: Stub (n.) The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub..
Lace-bark :: Lace-bark (n.) A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.
Laurus :: Laurus (n.) A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madeira and the Canary Islands. Formerly the sassafras, the camphor tree, the cinnamon tree, and several other aromatic trees and shrubs, were also referred to the genus Laurus..
Rubeola :: Rubeola (n.) Rubella.
Undershrieve :: Undershrieve (n.) A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature.
Filing :: Filing (n.) A fragment or particle rubbed off by the act of filing; as, iron filings..
Dendritical :: Dendritical (a.) Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent..
Eglantine :: Eglantine (n.) The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa).
Rubric :: Rubric (a.) Alt. of Rubrica.
Dryandra :: Dryandra (n.) A genus of shrubs growing in Australia, having beautiful, hard, dry, evergreen leaves..
Shrubbery :: Shrubbery (n.) A place where shrubs are planted.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
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