† confricationn.
/kɒnfrɪˈkeɪʃən/ Obsolete.
Rubbing together, friction.
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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
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. B.) 23 Þat þe ende of þe bonys..scholde han a softere confricatioun in here junttes.
1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) 199 Which by confrication moueth the appetite and desire.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 19 Confrications: for those vain Sophists mutually rubbed each other, like scabbed sheep.
1795–8 in T. Maurice Hist. Hindostan (1820) I. i. xiii. 514 From the violent confrication of all which a raging fire was produced.]
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