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Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.

Wipe :: Wipe (v. t.) To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; -- usually followed by away, off or out. Also used figuratively..

Chafe :: Chafe (v. i.) To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes..

Frote :: Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.

Puree :: Puree (n.) A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thickening of which is so treated..

Contrition :: Contrition (n.) The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing.

Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc.; as, to reduce a substance to powder, or to a pasty mass; to reduce fruit, wood, or paper rags, to pulp..

Levigate :: Levigate (v. t.) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments..

Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.

Embrocation :: Embrocation (n.) The act of moistening and rubbing a diseased part with spirit, oil, etc..

Assart :: Assart (n.) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest..

Burnisher :: Burnisher (n.) A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill..

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

Intertrigo :: Intertrigo (n.) A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children..

Scrubbing :: Scrubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scru.

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

Chafe :: Chafe (v. t.) To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable..

Refrication :: Refrication (n.) A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.

Wipe :: Wipe (v. t.) To rub with something soft for cleaning; to clean or dry by rubbing; as, to wipe the hands or face with a towel..

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