Definition of rub

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Rub (v. t.) To hinder; to cross; to thwart.

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Grub :: Grub (n.) Victuals; food.
Grubby :: Grubby (n.) Any species of Cottus; a sculpin.
Shrubby :: Shrubby (superl.) Full of shrubs.
Scrubstone :: Scrubstone (n.) A species of calciferous sandstone.
Shrub :: Shrub (n.) A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it..
Football :: Football (n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather..
Daphne :: Daphne (n.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms..
Fireflame :: Fireflame (n.) The European band fish (Cepola rubescens).
Litter :: Litter (n.) Things lying scattered about in a manner indicating slovenliness; scattered rubbish.
Fricace :: Fricace (n.) An unguent; also, the act of rubbing with the unguent..
Bush :: Bush (n.) A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest..
Snakewood :: Snakewood (n.) A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms.
Buckeye :: Buckeye (n.) A name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus (Aesculus) as the horse chestnut.
Wolfberry :: Wolfberry (n.) An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.
Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..
Erubescence :: Erubescence (n.) Alt. of Erubescenc.
Fingrigo :: Fingrigo (n.) A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry..
Henna :: Henna (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc..
Willow-thorn :: Willow-thorn (n.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
Tragacanth :: Tragacanth (n.) A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish or yellowish flakes or filaments, and is nearly insoluble in water, but slowly swells into a mucilaginous mass, which is used as a substitute for gum arabic in medicine and the arts. Called also gum tragacanth..
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