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▪ I. ‖ rubb1 Obs.
Also rubbe.
[LG. rubbe, = Du. rob (hence G. robbe).]
A seal.
1694Marten's Voy. in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. 103 The Sea-Dogs, called Rubbs and Seales. 1725Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 27 Aug. 2 The Sea-Dog, or Dog-fish, commonly called a Seal, or Rubbe, which was lately brought from Greenland.
▪ II. ‖ rubb2 Obs.
[a. Piedmontese rub, rubbo, ad. Arab. rubﻋ: see arroba.]
(See quot.)
1756tr. Keysler's Trav. I. 288 Many peasants in Piedmont sell annually four or five Rubbs of raw silk (each Rubb weighing twenty-five pounds). |