Definition of rub

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Rub (n.) A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone..

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Cascarilla :: Cascarilla (n.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark..
Rubus :: Rubus (n.) A genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry..
Scrubbed :: Scrubbed (imp. & p. p.) of Scru.
Rubato :: Rubato (a.) Robbed; borrowed.
Myrtle :: Myrtle (n.) A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used i
Scrub :: Scrub (a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.
Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..
Trub :: Trub (n.) A truffle.
Rubric :: Rubric (n.) A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date and place of printing; also, the initial letters, etc., when printed in red..
Cobweb :: Cobweb (n.) That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish..
Ficus :: Ficus (n.) A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (F. Carica) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree..
Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them..
Snakewood :: Snakewood (n.) An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents.
Lorry :: Lorry (n.) A small cart or wagon, as those used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations..
Poncho :: Poncho (n.) A kind of cloak worn by the Spanish Americans, having the form of a blanket, with a slit in the middle for the head to pass through. A kind of poncho made of rubber or painted cloth is used by the mounted troops in the United States service..
Attle :: Attle (n.) Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force..
Wipe :: Wipe (v. t.) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively..
Currant :: Currant (n.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum..
Scrubber :: Scrubber (n.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
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