rubbeth

Verb

rub (third-person singular simple present rubs, present participle rubbing, simple past and past participle rubbed)

1. (transitive) To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
   • I rubbed the cloth over the glass.
2. (intransitive) To be rubbed against something.
   • My shoes are beginning to rub.
3. (transitive) To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
   • meat rubbed with spices before barbecuing
4. (dated) To move or pass with difficulty.
   • to rub through woods, as huntsmen
5. To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
   • to rub up silver
6. To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
   • 'Tis the duke's pleasure, / Whose disposition, all the world well knows, / Will not be rubbed nor stopped.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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