Definition of rub

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Rub (n.) That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch..

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Rubric :: Rubric (a.) Alt. of Rubrica.
Balas Ruby :: Balas ruby () A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel..
Anoint :: Anoint (v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil..
Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
Azalea :: Azalea (n.) A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron..
Brush :: Brush (n.) A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
Extersion :: Extersion (n.) The act of wiping or rubbing out.
Widow-wail :: Widow-wail (n.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe..
Fray :: Fray (v. t.) To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head..
Fray :: Fray (n.) A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing..
Rouble :: Rouble (n.) A coin. See Ruble.
Chalk :: Chalk (v. t.) To rub or mark with chalk.
Cherubin :: Cherubin (n.) A cherub.
Heath :: Heath (n.) A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling..
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..
Bushy :: Bushy (a.) Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper..
Rubbage :: Rubbage (n.) Rubbish.
Undergrub :: Undergrub (v. t.) To undermine.
Gaultheria :: Gaultheria (n.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon)..
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