refrication

English

Etymology

Latin refricare to rub again.

Noun

refrication (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, nonce word) A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.
    A continual refrication of the memory. — Bishop Hall.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Last modified on 20 May 2013, at 20:07