Word Meanings - RUBBING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
a. & n. from Rub, v.
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- RUBBLEWORK
Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape. - GRATICULE
A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions. - GRATICULATION
The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions. (more info) graticuler, craticuler, to square, fr. graticule, craticule, - RUBBIDGE
Rubbish. Bp. Hall. - GRATITUDE
The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness. The debt immense of endless gratitude. Milton. - ATTRITION
Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition. Wallis. (more info) 1. The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. Effected - CONTACTION
Act of touching. - GRATIOLIN
One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis). - GRATIFIER
One who gratifies or pleases. - CONTACT
The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction. (more info) 1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting. - GRATIFICATION
1. The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart. 2. That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; - GRATED
Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows. - RUBBLY
Relating to, or containing, rubble. - GRATULATION
The act of gratulating or felicitating; congratulation. I shall turn my wishes into gratulations. South. - GRATULATORY
Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory. The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes. Bp. Horsley. - RUBBLE
A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock. Lyell. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Water-worn or rough broken stones; broken bricks, etc., used in coarse masonry, or to fill up between the facing - GRATE
Serving to gratify; agreeable. Sir T. Herbert. - GRATER
One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs. - GRATUITY
1. Something given freely or without recompense; a free gift; a present. Swift. 2. Something voluntarily given in return for a favor or service, as a recompense or acknowledgment. - GRATUITOUS
1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. - MIGRATION
The act of migrating. - INTEGRATOR
That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined. - INGRATEFUL
1. Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative. Milton. He proved extremely false and ingrateful to me. Atterbury. 2. Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive. He gives . . . no ingrateful food. Milton. -- In"grate`ful*ly, adv. -- In"grate`ful*ness, - REGRATE
To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance. 2. To offend; to shock. Derham. - SCRUBBY
Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." Duke of Argull. - DEFLAGRATION
The act or process of deflagrating. (more info) 1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and deflagrations." Bp. Pearson. - DENIGRATOR
One who, or that which, blackens. - INDIA RUBBER
. See Caoutchouc. - IMMIGRATION
The act of immigrating; the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence. The immigrations of the Arabians into Europe. T. Warton. - SCRUBBER
A gas washer. See under Gas. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing. - CONFLAGRATION
A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning. Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope. - SHRUBBY
1. Full of shrubs. 2. Of the nature of a shrub; resembling a shrub. "Shrubby browse." J. Philips. - GRUBBY
Dirty; unclean. The grubby game of marbles. Lond. Sat. Rev.