Rub: alternatives and connections

To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.

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To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manu…

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An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…

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To measure or determine with a gauge.

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Serving to gratify; agreeable.

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A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is sup…

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A dish made by boiling any article of food to a pulp and rubbing it through a sieve; as, a puree of fish, or of potatoes; especially, a soup the thic…

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The hard, amber-colored resin left after distilling off the volatile oil of turpentine; colophony.

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To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to…

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To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

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To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; a…

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To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

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A suffocating smoke.

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A stain; a dirty spot.

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Race; stock; generation; descent; family.

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The lapwing.

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To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.

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To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.

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A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

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To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

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To render null and void.

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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or moral.

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The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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of Run

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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The back part of the neck; the scruff.

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To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

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To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

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of Rub

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of Rub

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The itch.

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The itch.

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the mater…

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To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the mater…

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To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Affray; broil; contest; combat.

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See 1st Frith.

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To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

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To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

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The lapwing.

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