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Dry-rubbing :: Dry-rubbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dry-ru.

Rustle :: Rustle (n.) A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling..

Illinition :: Illinition (n.) A smearing or rubbing in or on; also, that which is smeared or rubbed on, as ointment or liniment..

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

Grater :: Grater (a.) One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs..

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..

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..

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..

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..

Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..

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

Hog :: Hog (v. t.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom..

Scour :: Scour (v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing.

Braid :: Braid (v. t.) To mingle, or to bring to a uniformly soft consistence, by beating, rubbing, or straining, as in some culinary operations..

Erasement :: Erasement (n.) The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration.

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

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

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

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

Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or scraping (in the sense above).

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