Definition of rub

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Rub (v. t.) To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground..

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Gaultheria :: Gaultheria (n.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon)..
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A sucker, as of tree or shrub..
Caseworm :: Caseworm (n.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.
Wax :: Wax (v. t.) To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table..
Basanite :: Basanite (n.) Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal..
Zopilote :: Zopilote (n.) The urubu, or American black vulture..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath..
Staving :: Stavewood (n.) A tall tree (Simaruba amara) growing in tropical America. It is one of the trees which yields quassia.
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn..
Base :: Base (a.) Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs..
Southernwood :: Southernwood (n.) A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.
Fruitless :: Fruitless (a.) Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) An overshoe made of India rubber.
Rubric :: Rubric (v. t.) To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate.
Rhatanhy :: Rhatanhy (n.) The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine.
Hepatite :: Hepatite (n.) A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.
Erasion :: Erasion (n.) The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.
Rub :: Rub (n.) A chance.
Dangleberry :: Dangleberry (n.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward..
Rubble :: Rubble (n.) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc..
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