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frot, v.|frɒt|
Forms: 4–7 frote, (4 froote, Sc. froit), 6–7 frott(e, 7 froat(e, 4– frot; pa. pple. 4 ifroted, 5 yfrote.
[a. OF. froter (mod.Fr. frotter), of unknown origin.]
†1. trans. To rub, chafe; spec. to polish (a precious stone); to rub (a garment) with perfumes; in early use, to stroke, caress (an animal). Obs.
a1225[see frotting vbl. n.]. c1320Orfeo 77 She froted hur hondys and hur fete. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1919 Her [dogs'] hedez þay fawne & frote. 1340–70Alisaunder 1174 Hee raught forthe his right hand & his [Bucephalus'] rigge frotus. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Pelagia 71 For-þi he one þe cause fel..& one þe erde froittit his face. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 17 Ȝif he [a stoon] is i-froted and i-het, he holdeþ what hym neiȝheþ. Ibid. (Rolls) IV. 25 Ȝongelynges..frotede þe oliphauntes in þe forhedes wiþ hors combes. c1440Partonope 1927 Embrowded with peerle wele y-frote. c1450Merlin 76 Frote youre visage with this herbe, and youre handes. 1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 2 Let him frot the head sore therewyth. 1562Leigh Armorie (1597) 52 The Hart..froteth his hornes to make them sharpe. 1600B. Jonson Cynthia's Rev. (1616) v. iv, I assure you, sir, pure beniamin..I frotted a jerkin, for a new-reuenu'd gentleman, yeelded me three score crownes but this morning, and the same titillation. 1608Middleton Trick, etc. iv. iii, A sweet debt for froating your doublets. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 239/1 [To] Frott or Rub themselves as Hawks will do..to rub her eyes on her Wings.
absol.c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cxxxiii. (1869) 127 On that oon side [j can] frote and enoynte.
fig.a1340Hampole Psalter cxxxi. 5 Wiþ þis thoght frote þi for heuyd.
2. Tanning. To work or render supple by rubbing.
1853[see frotting vbl. n.].
Hence † ˈfroterer, one who rubs.
1607Marston What you will iii. i. E iv b, I am his froterer or rubber in a Hot-house. |