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

Daphne :: Daphne (n.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms..

Sagebrush :: Sagebrush (n.) A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage..

Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world..

Dendritical :: Dendritical (a.) Pertaining to a dendrite, or to arborescent crystallization; having a form resembling a shrub or tree; arborescent..

Rubying :: Rubying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rub.

Confrication :: Confrication (n.) A rubbing together; friction.

Ruby :: Ruby (n.) That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle..

Frubish :: Frubish (v. t.) To rub up: to furbish.

Morinda :: Morinda (n.) A genus of rubiaceous trees and shrubs, mostly East Indian, many species of which yield valuable red and yellow dyes. The wood is hard and beautiful, and used for gunstocks..

Abrade :: Abrade (v. t.) To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks..

Wood :: Wood (n.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain..

Gall :: Gall (n.) A wound in the skin made by rubbing.

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

Tourmaline :: Tourmaline (n.) A mineral occurring usually in three-sided or six-sided prisms terminated by rhombohedral or scalenohedral planes. Black tourmaline (schorl) is the most common variety, but there are also other varieties, as the blue (indicolite), red (rubellite), also green, brown, and white. The red and green varieties when transparent are valued as jewels..

Shrubbery :: Shrubbery (n.) A place where shrubs are planted.

Halesia :: Halesia (n.) A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels..

Whet :: Whet (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife..

Bignonia :: Bignonia (n.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus..

Rubstone :: Rubstone (n.) A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub.

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