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
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
To-day it means washing the face, and neck, and hands daily; to-morrow, the feet; and day after to-morrow, washing the whole body every day, and, in addition and in particular, a rubbing-down.
From What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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
Another room should be appropriated to the bodying-in, smoothing and rubbing-down processes.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Bitmead, Richard
