What is to spread a substance thinly over; to smear. The smoothed plank, . . . New rubbed with balm. Milton called?
rub — To spread a substance thinly over; to smear. The smoothed plank, . . . New rubbed with balm. Milton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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