rub iron
noun
A protective metal plate against which a part of a machine, etc., may rub.
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- practical politics
- practical theology
- practicant
- practice
- practiceable
- practice court
- practice curve
- practiced
- practice makes perfect
- practice note
- practice pad
- practice range
- practice tee
- practice wicket
- practician
- practicism
- practico-inert
- practicum
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- practise
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- practiser
- practise what one preaches
- practitional
- practitioner