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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Scrubby :: Scrubby (superl.) Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur..
Wipe :: Wipe (v. t.) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively..
Staggeringly :: Staggerbush (n.) An American shrub (Andromeda Mariana) having clusters of nodding white flowers. It grows in low, sandy places, and is said to poison lambs and calves..
Proteaceous :: Proteaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Proteaceae, an order of apetalous evergreen shrubs, mostly natives of the Cape of Good Hope or of Australia..
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
Azarole :: Azarole (n.) The Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit..
Oso-berry :: Oso-berry (n.) The small, blueblack, drupelike fruit of the Nuttallia cerasiformis, a shrub of Oregon and California, belonging to the Cherry tribe of Rosaceae..
Browsing :: Browsing (n.) Browse; also, a place abounding with shrubs where animals may browse..
Scrubber :: Scrubber (n.) One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing..
Dry-rubbing :: Dry-rubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dry-ru.
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it..
Cholophaein :: Cholophaein (n.) See Bilirubin.
Rubelet :: Rubelet (n.) A little ruby.
Scrub :: Scrub (n.) A worn-out brush.
Rubelle :: Rubelle (n.) A red color used in enameling.
Rasp :: Rasp (v. t.) To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder..
Myrrh :: Myrrh (n.) A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose..
Snug :: Snug (v. t.) To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the finish..
Undershrub :: Undershrub (a.) Partly shrublike.
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
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