单词 | affriction |
释义 | affrictionn. Now rare. The action or an act of rubbing one thing upon or against another. Cf. affrication n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] frotting?c1225 chafinga1398 rubbinga1398 confricationc1400 frettingc1400 attrition1601 fricacing1607 perfrication1607 triture1607 affrication1615 affriction1615 confriction1617 rub1618 frication1631 intertrigation1651 perfriction1656 friction1718 interfrication1747 adhesion1825 chafe1848 interfriction1854 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 234 When as in polutions or affrictions women..do loose their owne seed. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness x. xiv. 541 The Adfriction of the pastoral medicine to a diseased Sheep. 1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 667 The Affriction of the whole side of the said Log upon the plain Table. 1725 P. Shaw Philos. Wks. R. Boyle I. 171 This improbable experiment we have made..by affrictions of such irons upon the pole of a naked terella. 1853 Lancet 8 Jan. 43/2 Denying the possibility of procuring fire by the affriction of two sticks. 1917 C. L. Greene Med. Diagnosis for Student & Practitioner 716 This must transform the silent gliding play of these membranes in response to heart action into a forced rhythmic affriction. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1615 |
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