单词 | lubrify |
释义 | lubrifyv. Now rare. transitive. To make slippery or smooth; to lubricate. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [verb (transitive)] > lubricate foment?a1425 liquor1573 lubrify1611 lubricate1623 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Lubrifier, to lubrifie, or make slipperie. 1638 A. Read Treat. 1st Pt. Chirurg. xxvii. 201 Into these nutritive clysters no oyle must enter, because it will too much lubrifie the guts. 1719 P. Blair in Philos. Trans. 1717–19 (Royal Soc.) 30 888 A certain quantity of Moisture, fit to lubrifie the Muscles of the Ossicles. 1866 Eng. Mechanic 7 Sept. 515 This water lubrifies the piston, and dispenses with necessity for grease. Derivatives ˈlubrifying adj. ΚΠ 1628 T. Venner Baths of Bathe (1637) 341 Some lubrifying, clensing extract. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1611 |
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