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n.
A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
v. i.
To writhe the body so as to produce friction against one's clothes, as do those who have the itch.
n.
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
v. t.
To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.
n.
A wax friction match.
n.
A priming tube, or friction primer. See under Priming, and Friction.
a.
Having no friction.
n.
The act of rubbing; friction.
v. t.
To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back and forth; as, to rub the flesh with the hand; to rub wood with sandpaper.
n.
A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.
n.
An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a kerf somewhat wider than the thickness of the blade, to prevent friction; -- called also saw-wrest.
v. t.
To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface; as, to rub the hand over the body.
n.
The adhesive friction of a wheel on a rail, a rope on a pulley, or the like.
n.
A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154.
v. t.
To pass, or to draw off, (as steam) through narrow ports, or the like, thus reducing its pressure or force by friction.
n.
A quality analogous to that of a viscous fluid, supposed to be caused by internal friction, especially in the case of gases.
n.
An instrument to ascertain the degree of friction in rubbing surfaces.
n.
The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.
v. t.
To move over the surface of (a body) with pressure and friction; to graze; to chafe; as, the boat rubs the ground.
a.
Relating to friction; moved by friction; produced by friction; as, frictional electricity.
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