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Grit :: Grit (v. t.) To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth..

Arboret :: Arboret (n.) A small tree or shrub.

Grate :: Grate (v. i.) To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity..

Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..

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

Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle..

Busket :: Busket (n.) A part of a garden devoted to shrubs.

Willow-thorn :: Willow-thorn (n.) A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.

Rustle :: Rustle (v. i.) To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves..

Rubric :: Rubric (n.) A titlepage, or part of it, especially that giving the date and place of printing; also, the initial letters, etc., when printed in red..

Baseboard :: Baseboard (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard..

Hairstreak :: Hairstreak (n.) A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi)..

Cherubic :: Cherubic (a.) Alt. of Cherubica.

Ruby :: Ruby (n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.

Hydrobilirubin :: Hydrobilirubin (n.) A body formed from bilirubin, identical with urobilin..

Fireflame :: Fireflame (n.) The European band fish (Cepola rubescens).

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..

Mail :: Mail (n.) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage..

Undergrove :: Undergrove (n.) A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.

Snakewood :: Snakewood (n.) A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms.

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