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Stroking :: Stroking (n.) The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke..

Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision..

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

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..

Eccoriate :: Eccoriate (v. t.) To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances..

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

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

Scapple :: Scapple (v. t.) To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone..

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

Brush :: Brush (n.) The act of brushing; as, to give one's clothes a brush; a rubbing or grazing with a quick motion; a light touch; as, we got a brush from the wheel as it passed..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) To make smooth by rubbing.

Drubbing :: Drubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dru.

Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water; to perform the business of cleansing clothes, ore, etc., in water..

Holystone :: Holystone (n.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships.

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..

Efface :: Efface (v. t.) To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin..

Housework :: Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like..

Extersion :: Extersion (n.) The act of wiping or rubbing out.

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher..

Crepitation :: Crepitation (n.) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air..

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