lubricate

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Lubricate your eyes: Part of the reason your eyes might ache is that you blink far less when glued to a screen, said Dr. Craig See, an ophthalmologist at Cleveland Clinic’s Cole Eye Institute.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2023

Lubricate the embossed cams in the cam housing with a thin film of vaseline every fifty hours of actual running.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred

Lubricate the stopper and insert it in the mouth of the jar, with the handle in a line with the two side tubes.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

Lubricate the lead sealing nuts with graphite that has been mixed to a paste with water.

From The Automobile Storage Battery Its Care And Repair by Witte, Otto A.

To Lubricate a Clock—If your clock stops on account of being gummed with dust, place a small piece of cotton saturated with kerosene in the clock, and leave it there several hours.

From Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use by Fowler, Arthur L.