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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Grubber :: Grubber (n.) One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc..
Hedge :: Hedge (v. t.) To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden..
Bark :: Bark (v. t.) To abrade or rub off any outer covering from; as to bark one's heel.
Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
Rubythroat :: Rubythroat (n.) Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris)..
Bilirubin :: Bilirubin (n.) A reddish yellow pigment present in human bile, and in that from carnivorous and herbivorous animals; the normal biliary pigment..
Salix :: Salix (n.) A tree or shrub of any kind of willow.
Rubricist :: Rubricist (n.) One skilled in, or tenaciously adhering to, the rubric or rubrics..
Football :: Football (n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather..
Grapevine :: Grapevine (n.) A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes..
Ordinal :: Ordinal (n.) A book containing the rubrics of the Mass.
Rubric :: Rubric (v. t.) To adorn ith red; to redden; to rubricate.
Allspice :: Allspice (n.) The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush..
Browse :: Browse (n.) The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food..
Badian :: Badian (n.) An evergreen Chinese shrub of the Magnolia family (Illicium anisatum), and its aromatic seeds; Chinese anise; star anise..
Bushy :: Bushy (a.) Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.
Malambo :: Malambo (n.) A yellowish aromatic bark, used in medicine and perfumery, said to be from the South American shrub Croton Malambo..
Pyrus :: Pyrus (n.) A genus of rosaceous trees and shrubs having pomes for fruit. It includes the apple, crab apple, pear, chokeberry, sorb, and mountain ash..
Prickwood :: Prickwood (n.) A shrub (Euonymus Europaeus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree..
Lignum Rhodium :: Lignum rhodium () The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera..
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