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- English Word Rub Definition To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.
- English Word Rub Definition The act of rubbing; friction.
- English Word Rub Definition That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an impediment; especially, a difficulty or obstruction hard to overcome; a pinch.
- English Word Rub Definition Inequality of surface, as of the ground in the game of bowls; unevenness.
- English Word Rub Definition Something grating to the feelings; sarcasm; joke; as, a hard rub.
- English Word Rub Definition Imperfection; failing; fault.
- English Word Rub Definition A chance.
- English Word Rub Definition A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone.
- English Word Ruba-dub Definition The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
- English Word Rubato Definition Robbed; borrowed.
- English Word Rubbage Definition Rubbish.
- English Word Rubbed Definition of Rub
- English Word Rubber Definition One who, or that which, rubs.
- English Word Rubber Definition An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning.
- English Word Rubber Definition A coarse file, or the rough part of a file.
- English Word Rubber Definition A whetstone; a rubstone.
- English Word Rubber Definition An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc.
- English Word Rubber Definition The cushion of an electrical machine.
- English Word Rubber Definition One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath.
- English Word Rubber Definition Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub.
- English Word Rubber Definition In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist.
- English Word Rubber Definition India rubber; caoutchouc.
- English Word Rubber Definition An overshoe made of India rubber.
- English Word Rubbidge Definition Rubbish.
- English Word Rubbing Definition of Rub
- English Word Rubbing Definition a. & n. from Rub, v.
- English Word Rubbish Definition Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.
- English Word Rubbish Definition Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.
- English Word Rubble Definition Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing courses of walls.
- English Word Rubble Definition Rough stone as it comes from the quarry; also, a quarryman's term for the upper fragmentary and decomposed portion of a mass of stone; brash.