rubbing-down
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No wonder that, in such paintings as Eclipse at Newmarket, With a Groom and a Jockey, circa 1770, the plain rubbing-down houses on Newmarket Heath look like neo-Egyptian shrines, pyramids of the turf.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three coats of shellac are put on, followed each time by this rubbing-down process, each one giving the work a smoother feeling and a more perfect appearance.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Richard Bitmead
It should be particularly observed that in polishing no job should be finished immediately after the rubbing-down process; a sinking period should always be allowed.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Richard Bitmead
Then, laying the tumbler on the table beside his watch and pocketbook, he finished his rubbing-down, and encased his legs in Pierre's Sunday trousers.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell
Mrs. Owen drove directly into the barn and gave minute instructions as to the rubbing-down and feeding of the horses.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
