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Intertrigo :: Intertrigo (n.) A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children..

Frote :: Frote (v. t.) To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.

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

Inunction :: Inunction (n.) The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed..

Crepitation :: Crepitation (n.) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding or comminuting any substance, as grain, by rubbing and crushing it between two hard, rough, or intented surfaces; as, a gristmill, a coffee mill; a bone mill..

Scour :: Scour (v. t.) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away..

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

Massage :: Massage (n.) A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure..

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

Efface :: Efface (v. t.) To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render illegible or indiscernible; as, to efface the letters on a monument, or the inscription on a coin..

Scrubber :: Scrubber (n.) One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing..

Housework :: Housework (n.) The work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like..

Tribometer :: Tribometer (n.) An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction in rubbing surfaces.

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

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..

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

Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg..

Levigate :: Levigate (v. t.) Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments..

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

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