Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To rub over or thoroughly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To rub over.

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  • verb obsolete, transitive To rub over.

Etymologies

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Latin perfricatus, past participle of perfricare.

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  • To rub thoroughly.

    May 12, 2008