† confrictionn.
Obsolete.
= confrication n.
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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
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 340 Confriction..by which puluerable things, with the rubbing of the fingers..are quickly leuigated.
1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes (new ed.) 86 A needle..invigorated by the confriction of a loadstone.
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