frictionn.
/ˈfrɪkʃn/, U.S. /ˈfrɪkʃən/ 1.
a. The action of chafing or rubbing (the body or limbs). (Formerly much used in medical treatment.) Cf. frication n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > physiotherapy > [noun] > rubbing with hands
fricace1541
frication1541
friction1581
stroking1587
stroke1631
chirapsy1828
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxiv. 121 Gouerning the body after exercise, and his frictions to rubbe it and chafe it.
1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. K3v If he but heere a coche..The Friction with funigation cannot saue him From the chine euill.
1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 41 The Solids..must be treated..by Frictions, Exercise of the Body,..and the like.
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 369 Observations on the Effects of Acetic Ether applied by Friction in Rheumatic Complaints.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. vi. 48 Hoping to have got off by..a little blistery friction on the back!
1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) x. v. 388 A cold bath, with friction and a little exercise.
b. Hairdressing. A massage of the scalp.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > [noun] > massage of the scalp
friction1931
1931 G. A. Foan Art & Craft Hairdressing ii. 114/2 Frictions are very popular in the gentleman's saloon, and may be considered as invigorating and beneficial in that they tone up the debilitated scalp.
1948 Hairdressing & Beauty Culture i. 10 A friction is a service which is greatly beneficial to the scalp and hair, particularly after an oil or a wet shampoo.
1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 61/2 Friction, a massage movement in which the fingers press and rub the scalp surface, imparting their effect in depth.
2. The rubbing of one body against another; attrition.
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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
1718 I. Newton Opticks (ed. 2) iii. i. 314 Whether that agitation be made by Heat, or by Friction, or Percussion, or Putrefaction, or by any vital Motion.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 481 The rocks below..are worn many feet deep by the constant friction of the water.
a1800 W. Cowper On Mischievous Bull iii The sheep here smooths the knotted thorn With frictions of her fleece.
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xx. 488 A light was procured by rubbing a blunt-pointed stick in a groove made in another..until by friction the dust became ignited.
3. Physics and Mechanics. The resistance which any body meets with in moving over another body.angle of friction: see angle n.2 Phrases 2. centre of friction: see centre n.1 and adj. Phrases 1. coefficient of friction: see coefficient n. 2b. friction at rest, the amount of friction between two touching bodies that are relatively at rest. friction of motion, ‘the power required to keep a moving body in motion’ (Lockwood). friction of repose, ‘the power necessary to set a body moving from a state of quiescence’ (Lockwood).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] > friction or drag
friction1722
drag1909
the world > matter > physics > mechanics > force > [noun] > resistance > friction
friction1722
1722 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body (ed. 2) i. vii. 39 This Contrivance is always found necessary by Mechanicks, where the Friction of the Joynts of any of their Machines is great.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Friction, the resistance in machines caused by the motion of one body upon another.
1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 57 Polished substances..have less friction than rough ones.
1859 W. J. M. Rankine Man. Steam Engine §13 That excess, however, of the friction of rest over the friction of motion, is instantly destroyed by a slight vibration.
1868 E. J. Routh Rigid Dynamics 110 When one part of a body rests on another a force is called into play tending to prevent slipping. This force is called friction.
1875 J. W. Nystrom New Treat. Elements Mech. 88 Rolling-friction is the resistance of uneven surfaces rolling on one another, like that of a wheel rolling on a road.
4. figurative; esp. of the jarring or conflict of unlike opinions, temperaments, etc.
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society > society and the community > dissent > [noun]
unsibeOE
unsaughta1122
un-i-sibc1275
conteckc1290
discordingc1325
distancec1325
discordance1340
dissensionc1384
batea1400
discordc1425
variancec1425
variationc1485
disgreement?1504
distinction1520
factiona1538
jar1546
variety1546
disagreeance1548
disagreeing1548
disagreement1548
misliking1564
odds1567
mislikea1586
discordancy1587
disagree1589
distancy1595
dissent1596
dislike1598
secting1598
dichostasy1606
fraction1609
dissentation1623
ill blood1624
misintelligence1632
clashing1642
misunderstanding1642
discomposure1659
disjointinga1715
uneasiness1744
friction1760
misunderstand1819
unharmony1866
inharmony1867
trouble at (the or t') mill1967
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. iii. 19 Souls..by long friction and incumbition, have the happiness..to get all be-virtu'd.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 80 When memory began to lay in her stores, their frictions among one another struck out the first sparkles of judgement and forecast.
1792 A. Young Let. in F. Burney Diary & Lett. (1842) V. 329 You find by a little approximation and friction of tempers and things that they are mortal.
1835 H. Miller Scenes & Legends N. Scotl. xv. 265 The fears of the people, exposed to so continual a friction, began to wear out.
1876 H. James Roderick Hudson i. 15 He felt the friction of existence more than was suspected.
1884 J. Hall Christian Home 151 In this case friction between parent and child is out of the question.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
friction-brush n.
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1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 103/2 Superior friction brushes made from select bristles.
1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 104/3 Body friction brush... Healthy exercise for the skin.
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friction-ball n. one of the balls used to lessen the friction of bearings, etc.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > parts for reducing friction
bearing1734
friction-wheel1772
friction-roller1793
friction-ball1813
cylinder1819
screw-down1864
ball bearing1867
needle roller1935
1813 Weekly Reg. 4 111/2 The wheels of both boats and carriages are provided with double ratchets reversed, or friction cups and balls.
1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Friction balls.
friction-block n. a block which is pressed against a revolving body to arrest its motion by friction.
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1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 915/2 Friction-brake, a form of dynamometer invented by Prony, in which a pair of friction-blocks are screwed to a journal rotating at a given speed.
friction-brake n. see quots.: also, a brake operating by means of friction.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > brake > types of
friction-brake1874
hydraulic brake1874
band-brake1889
magnetic brake1899
strap brake1902
solenoid brake1914
anti-lock1968
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 915/2 Friction-brake, a form of dynamometer invented by Prony, in which a pair of friction-blocks are screwed to a journal rotating at a given speed.
1879 W. Thomson & P. G. Tait Treat. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) I: Pt. i. §436 White's friction brake measures the amount of work actually performed in any time by an engine or other ‘prime mover’, by allowing it during the time of trial to waste all its work on friction.
1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 357/1 Friction Brake..2 A measurer of the lubricity of oils.
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friction-breccia n. Geology = fault-rock n. at fault n. Compounds 2.
friction-clutch n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > clutches
bayonet1798
clutch1814
gland1825
friction-clutch1842
disc clutch1859
shifter1869
cone-clutch1874
clutch-box1875
jaw clutch1893
plate clutch1906
band clutch1910
single-plate clutch1926
1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Friction-clutch.
friction-cone n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > transmitters
carrier1733
pitman1813
driver1819
friction-cone1842
universal joint1856
cardan joint1868
reach rodc1871
Hooke coupling1883
friction-disc1888
impeller1890
transmission-gear1894
transmission1906
fluid flywheel1930
Hooke's joint1930
torque converter1934
fluid coupling1940
UJ1970
1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Friction-cones.
friction-coupling n.
friction-disc n. contrivances for transmitting motion by frictional contact.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > parts which provide power > [noun] > transmitters
carrier1733
pitman1813
driver1819
friction-cone1842
universal joint1856
cardan joint1868
reach rodc1871
Hooke coupling1883
friction-disc1888
impeller1890
transmission-gear1894
transmission1906
fluid flywheel1930
Hooke's joint1930
torque converter1934
fluid coupling1940
UJ1970
1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Friction Disc.
friction-drive n. a transmission of power by means of friction-gearing.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > friction > transmission of power by
friction-drive1907
1907 Motor Boat 19 Sept. 190/2 The cargo winch should have a friction drive and a good brake for lowering.
1927 T. Woodhouse Artificial Silk: Manuf. & Uses 54 By these means, and a suitable combined belt, wheel, and friction drive, the trough can be tilted, when desired.
1957 Times 18 Nov. 11/1 An electric friction-drive car for which no key is required for 16s. 11d.
friction drum n. (see quot. 1960).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums
taborinc1500
swash1533
war-drum1593
wolf-drum1605
saddle drum1617
tombak1662
tom-tom1693
goombay1790
rommelpot1790
rommelpot?1798
water drum1824
pahu1829
tabl1831
tambourin1832
dholuck1837
nagara1839
tree-drum1850
ngoma1860
talking drum1897
pot drum1907
friction drum1909
trap-drum1924
ghoema1934
tamboo1942
tassa1948
steel drum1952
conga drum1955
roto-tom1968
conga1969
Isukuti1972
steel pan1973
syndrum1979
1909 Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 4/1 What..had Islam to do with bull-roarers and friction-drums?
1960 C. Winick Dict. Anthropol. 177/2 Friction drum, a drum with a string or stick attached to the center of the membrane. The fingers are rosined or moistened and drawn along the string or stick and the resulting vibrations are transmitted to the membrane. Friction drums are often used ceremonially.
friction-fire n. fire obtained by means of a fire-drill.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > fire obtained by friction
needfire1633
will-fire1826
friction-fire1865
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 257 The flint and steel has superseded the ancient friction-fire.
friction-fremitus n. Pathology = friction-sound n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [noun] > sounds heard in auscultation
bombus1753
hydatism1753
pectoriloquism1820
murmur1821
resonance1821
snoring1822
thrill1822
râle1825
pectoriloquy1826
respiration1826
rhonchus1827
bronchophonism1834
bronchophony1834
hum1839
tick-tack1853
friction-sound1860
friction-fremitus1877
sibilus1887
1877 F. T. Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) II. 7 The presence of any cardiac thrill or pericardial friction-fremitus.
1879 R. N. Khory Digest Med. 47 Friction fremitus may be felt while the patient is taking deep breath.
friction-fuse n. = friction-tube n.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > friction-tube, fuse, etc.
tube1797
friction-fuse1860
friction-tube1864
friction-primer1874
multi-choke1950
1860 Illustr. London News 25 Feb. 191/2 The old plan of a touch~hole on the top is disused, and the friction-fuse substituted.
friction-gear n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > cog or gear > friction
friction-gear1874
traction-gearing1877
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 916/2 Friction-gear.
friction-gearing n. gear or gearing for transmitting motion by frictional contact.
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1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Friction Gearing..gearing, whose driving force is produced by the friction only of the peripheries of the wheels.
friction-glazed adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [adjective] > processed or finished in specific way
animal-sized1860
calendered1878
Willesden1879
machine-finished1892
mould-made1895
friction-glazed1907
tub-sized?1912
machine-glazed1914
1907 C. F. Cross & E. J. Bevan Text-bk. Paper-making (ed. 3) x. 271 The ‘friction-glazed’ or burnished surface..is used chiefly for certain kinds of strong wrapping papers, and for certain coated papers.
1962 F. T. Day Introd. to Paper vi. 65 These body papers may vary considerably from plain writings and printings, to coated friction-glazed papers, such as enamels, chromos and metallics.
friction-glazer n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > paper-making equipment > [noun] > for giving finish or polish
paper-glosser1882
friction-glazer1963
1963 R. R. A. Higham Handbk. Papermaking viii. 213 Friction glazers are used to produce a very high finish on single-sided coated papers which contain wax in the coating.
friction-glazing n. the process of producing a high polish on paper by passing it through calender rollers that are revolving at unequal speeds; also attributive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > paper-making > [noun] > specific processes
calendering1513
pulping1640
watermarking1851
couching1875
knotting1875
friction-glazing1878
shake1885
soda process1885
cook1894
sulphate process1894
reeling1906
fibrillation1929
conditioning1954
society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > paper-making > [adjective] > specific process
friction-glazing1878
1878 Paper Makers' Handbk. 10 Friction-glazing calenders, a machine consisting of several rolls of unequal diameter working on one another and kept in position by very strong upright frames.
1888 C. F. Cross & E. J. Bevan Text-bk. Paper-making xi. 169 Another method, known as ‘friction-glazing’, employed for giving a very high finish to paper, generally on one side only, is to pass it between a very large paper roll and a smaller iron one, the latter revolving at a much greater speed than the former.
1962 F. T. Day Introd. to Paper v. 52 The finishing is then carried out by..friction glazing in the case of flint and enamel papers.
friction head n. [head n.1 Phrases 3q(a)] the head that goes to overcome the frictional resistance of a liquid flowing in a pipe.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [noun] > rate of flow > instrument to regulate or measure rate > specifically friction resistance
friction head1889
1889 M. Merriman Treat. Hydraulics vii. 201 Y is the friction-head consumed in the large main.
1963 A. C. Twort Textbk. Water Supply x. 274 (caption) Friction head loss through various fittings, etc.
friction-machine n. (see quot. 1884).
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [noun] > electricity generated by friction > machine generating
plate machine1775
friction-machine1802
plate electrical machine1849
1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 478 An isolated electric pile, or a friction machine of Nairn, positive and negative, and also isolated.
1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 357/2 Friction Machine, an electric machine, generating electricity by contact with amalgamated silk.
friction-match n. a match that ignites by friction.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction
allumette1601
fire cane1644
paper match1780
Strasbourg match1825
match1830
lucifer match1831
fusee1832
loco-foco1835
oxymuriatic match1835
Congreve1839
Vesta1839
friction-match1847
safety match1850
German Congreve1851
Vesuvian1853
star1862
safety1876
tandstickor1884
post-and-railsa1890
book match1899
Swan Vesta1908
1847 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Wks. (1906) I. 337 Thus, the men of the senses..believe that mustard bites the tongue, that..friction-matches are incendiary.
friction-powder n. (see quot.).
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the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > organic compounds > [noun] > other organic compounds > others
fat1539
nitromannite1857
friction-powder1864
nitramidin1866
nitroform1866
phenyl brown1875
ketide1907
tetryl1909
cyclonite1923
pentryl1933
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Friction powder, a composition of chlorate of potash and antimony, which readily ignites by friction.
friction-primer n. the name used in the U.S. for friction-tube.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > friction-tube, fuse, etc.
tube1797
friction-fuse1860
friction-tube1864
friction-primer1874
multi-choke1950
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 916/2 Friction-primer, a small brass tube filled with gunpowder, and having a smaller tube containing friction composition inserted at right angles near the top.
friction-roller n. (a) a roller placed so as to lessen the friction of anything passing over it; (b) see quot. 1888.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > parts for reducing friction
bearing1734
friction-wheel1772
friction-roller1793
friction-ball1813
cylinder1819
screw-down1864
ball bearing1867
needle roller1935
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > parts for reducing friction > part of
friction-roller1793
ball bearing1904
1793 F. Wollaston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 150 Friction-rollers were applied to take off some of the weight.
1875 R. F. Martin tr. J. Havrez On Recent Improvem. Winding Machinery 91 The movement of this valve is produced by a cam with bosses, by means of a lever and a friction-roller.
1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Friction Rollers, or Friction Wheels, small rollers which revolve in bearings, and sustain an axle in the depression formed by the contiguity of the upper portion of their peripheries.
friction-sound n. Pathology (see quot.).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sounds heard in body > [noun] > sounds heard in auscultation
bombus1753
hydatism1753
pectoriloquism1820
murmur1821
resonance1821
snoring1822
thrill1822
râle1825
pectoriloquy1826
respiration1826
rhonchus1827
bronchophonism1834
bronchophony1834
hum1839
tick-tack1853
friction-sound1860
friction-fremitus1877
sibilus1887
1860 R. Fowler Med. Vocab. Friction sound, the auscultatory sound heard when the pleuræ or pericardium are roughened by inflammation and effused lymph.
friction-tight adj. fitting so tightly that the desired amount of friction is obtained.
friction-tube n. (see quots.).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > equipment for use with firearms > [noun] > friction-tube, fuse, etc.
tube1797
friction-fuse1860
friction-tube1864
friction-primer1874
multi-choke1950
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Friction tube, (Mil.), a tube used for firing cannon by means of friction.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Friction-tube..ignition is caused by the friction on sudden withdrawal of a small horizontal metal bar from the detonating priming in the head of the tube.
friction welding n. a welding technique in which the necessary heat is produced by first rotating one component mechanically while pressing it against the other, which is held stationary; hence, any bonding of surfaces as a result of frictional heating.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > welding > types of
butt welding1878
lead burning1886
arc welding1890
thermite process1905
thermite welding1906
resistance welding1908
spot welding1908
seam welding1917
fusion welding1918
projection welding1918
stud welding1918
metal arc welding1926
pressure welding1926
metallic arc welding1927
flash-butt welding1933
flash welding1933
stitch welding1934
rightward welding1936
block welding1943
submerged-arc welding1945
friction welding1946
T.I.G.1960
microwelding1962
1946 Trans. Inst. Welding IX. 52/3 Friction welding in its simplest form was one of the first methods used by the Germans for the welding of thermo~plastic pipes.
1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 388 Another new way of treating metals, friction-welding, was announced as a commercial process in 1963.
1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World vi. 173 (caption) Silicon powder (A) is isostatically pressed, causing weak friction-welding at junctions (B).
friction-wheel n. (a) see friction-roller n.; (b) see quot. 1888.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > other parts > [noun] > parts for reducing friction
bearing1734
friction-wheel1772
friction-roller1793
friction-ball1813
cylinder1819
screw-down1864
ball bearing1867
needle roller1935
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > other wheels
well wheel1535
rundle1611
rown-wheel1688
walking wheel1730
side wheel1731
tirl1793
rigger1797
idle wheel1805
vane1842
Gypsy1850
air wheel1860
wind-wheel1867
sprocket1879
friction-wheel1888
Geneva wheel1891
idler1899
1772 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 72 476 Their axes..rested on friction wheels of four inches diameter.
1826 J. Adamson Sketches Information Rail-roads 23 A large fixed pulley or friction-wheel.
1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Friction Wheel, any wheel which drives or is driven by friction.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
frictionv.
/ˈfrɪkʃn/, U.S. /ˈfrɪkʃən/ a. intransitive. To move about with friction; to friction away, to go on rubbing.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > with friction
hirsle1513
rake1605
scrape1774
friction1842
1842 Mechanics' Mag. 36 61 Did not the earth perform its motions as regularly before the creation of man, as now it does with 800,000,000 of human beings on its surface incessantly frictioning about.
b. transitive. To chafe or rub (the body or limbs).
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > physiotherapy > practise physiotherapy [verb (transitive)] > rub or stroke with hands
strokec897
strike1400
friction1856
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxvii. 361 I reached the ice-floe, and was frictioned by Hans with frightful zeal.
c. intransitive. To sustain friction (see quot. 1855).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > condition or preservation of paintings > [verb (intransitive)] > sustain friction
friction1855
1855 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 22 186 If it [an oil-painting] will ‘friction’ as the term is—that is, if he can raise the varnish by rubbing with finger or thumb, he accounts himself happy; and, laying it flat on his dining-table, he frictions away till his hands are tender and blistered.
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2. transitive. Textiles. To impregnate (canvas or any similar fabric) with rubber, using a calender; to force or squeeze (rubber) into the interstices of a fabric by calendering.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with rubber or plastic > work with rubber or plastic [verb (transitive)] > specific processes
friction1881
reclaim1890
undercure1916
plasticate1929
cream1938
masterbatch1971
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 842/1 Belting intended for driving machinery is built up of canvas which has been thoroughly frictioned with the soft mixed rubber.
1953 Juve & Partridge in R. E. Kirk & D. F. Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. XI. 936 Usually the fabric is frictioned prior to coating.
1956 H. Willshaw Calenders for Rubber Processing vi. 43 When a fairly close woven canvas is frictioned on each side, the second coat only applies approximately one-third of the total rubber weight.
1959 B. S. Garvey in M. Morton Introd. Rubber Terms i. 19 In a calender, the rolls are usually placed above each other, and the stock sheeted out to controlled thickness. It may be sheeted by itself, coated on fabric, or frictioned into fabric.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XV. 1182/1 The speed of the centre roller can be varied in relation to the bottom: when it is even with the bottom roller, it coats the fabric; when it is higher, it frictions, or forces the rubber into the interstices of the fabric.
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ˈfrictioned adj. impregnated with rubber.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > rubber > [adjective] > treated or coated with rubber
India-rubbered1859
rubberized1876
frictioned1881
1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 842/1 Packing for the stuffing boxes of steam engines is similarly prepared from strips of rubber and frictioned canvas.
1963 Frear & Baber in R. E. Kirk & D. F. Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. (ed. 2) II. 288 Gasket material most suitable for anhydrous ammonia service is hard-finished, rubber-frictioned asbestos sheet.
ˈfrictioning n. and adj.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with rubber or plastic > [noun] > specific processes
frictioning1856
cure1902
creaming1903
reclaiming1913
undercure1915
undercuring1916
plastication1939
masterbatching1953
plasticating1953
plastifying1963
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with rubber or plastic > [adjective] > specific processes
reclaiming1560
plasticating1953
frictioning1957
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 194/1 On all occasions after the day's work, the frictioning must be had recourse to, and the feeding as usual.
1911 P. Schidrowitz Rubber xii. 196 The friction calender..is employed for frictioning or spreading very thin layers of rubber on textiles for waterproofing or other purposes.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 610/1 Frictioning calenders for rubberizing fabrics are run so as to squeeze the rubber into the meshes of the fabric... The frictioning process may be repeated on the opposite face of the fabric.
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