rubbings

as inmassage
as inattrition
as intouch
as inreduplication
as inreplication
as insimulacre
as insimulacrum
as intactility
as incopy
as inabrasion
as inapplication

Synonyms for rubbings

noun kneading of body parts

Word Origin & History

early 14c., transitive and intransitive, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to East Frisian rubben "to scratch, rub," and Low German rubbeling "rough, uneven," or similar words in Scandinavian (cf. Danish rubbe "to rub, scrub," Norwegian rubba), of uncertain origin. Related: Rubbed; rubbing.

To rub (someone) the wrong way is from 1853; probably the notion is of cats' fur. To rub noses in greeting as a sign of friendship (attested from 1822) formerly was common among Eskimos, Maoris, and some other Pacific Islanders. Rub out "obliterate" is from 1560s; underworld slang sense of "kill" is recorded from 1848, American English. Rub off "remove by rubbing" is from 1590s; meaning "have an influence" is recorded from 1959.

Example Sentences for rubbings

Rubbings taken from the sculptured slabs are reproduced here in full.

Redrawn from rubbings of inscriptions in Santa Croce, Florence.

His coat of motley told its own story of daily rubbings and good feeding.

Massage, rubbings, baths, and warm applications are recommended for the paralytic conditions.

The accessible data were, however, confined to two rubbings of symbols, said to be carved on the walls of all the cells.

He was otherwise in the care of his body nice and delicate, appointing himself, for example, a set number of walks and rubbings.

Where there is a superabundance of heat, the rubbings are repeated perfectly wet, until the body is cooled.

Figs. 11 to 19 are photographed from rubbings of part of the decoration of wooden belts from the Papuan Gulf.

His two great passions were philology and p. 58occultism, but he also took great interest in rubbings from brass monuments.

The males do not know possession nor the females surrender, no touch, no rubbings, no caress.

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