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ˈrubbing-brush
[rubbing vbl. n. 5 a.]
A hard brush, such as is used for rubbing with.
1559in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 103 Toe rubbing brusshes. 1577Harrison England ii. vii. (1877) i. 169 Some beards are made round like a rubbing brush. 1606Choice, Chance, etc. (1881) 38 His haire of the color of a roane horse, and as hard as the stumpe of a Rubbing brush. 1645in Carte Ormonde (1735) III. 423 If he doe, he will spoil the proverb, in making a rubbing-brush of a goat's taile. 1730Bailey (fol.), A Rubber, one that rubs, or a Rubbing-Brush. |