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Whet :: Whet (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife..

Litter :: Litter (n.) Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter..

Gelt :: Gelt (n.) Trubute, tax..

Flagworm :: Flagworm (n.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Scrub :: Scrub (n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc..

Rubific :: Rubific (a.) Making red; as, rubific rays..

Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver..

Cricket :: Cricket (n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings..

Rubefaction :: Rubefaction (n.) The act or process of making red.

Badian :: Badian (n.) An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise..

Rust :: Rust (n.) A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish..

Sapindaceous :: Sapindaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceae), including the (typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera..

Chafing :: Chafing (v. t.) The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing..

Rubbing :: Rubbing () a. & n. from Rub, v..

Bosquet :: Bosquet (n.) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed..

Anoint :: Anoint (v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil..

Thready :: Thready (a.) Like thread or filaments; slender; as, the thready roots of a shrub..

Rosin :: Rosin (v. t.) To rub with rosin, as musicians rub the bow of a violin..

Yaw-weed :: Yaw-weed (n.) A low, shrubby, rubiaceous plant (Morinda Royoc) growing along the seacoast of the West Indies. It has small, white, odorous flowers..

Snakewood :: Snakewood (n.) A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms.

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