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
While Dallas caught the mules, gave them some grain and a rubbing-down with straw wisps, and greased the wagon wheels.
From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor
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 Bitmead, Richard
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 Campbell, John
Of great importance for scrofulous children, furthermore, is a suitable course in gymnastics and rubbing-down with cold water.
From Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated by Brendecke, Fr. (Friedrich)
