rubbing-down
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No wonder that, in such paintings as Eclipse at Newmarket, With a Groom and a Jockey, circa 1770, the plain rubbing-down houses on Newmarket Heath look like neo-Egyptian shrines, pyramids of the turf.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, the operation gave me immediate relief, which encouraged me to submit to another rubbing-down before I went to bed; and it was so effectual, that I found myself pretty easy all the night after.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert
Three coats of shellac are put on, followed each time by this rubbing-down process, each one giving the work a smoother feeling and a more perfect appearance.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Bitmead, Richard
Another room should be appropriated to the bodying-in, smoothing and rubbing-down processes.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Bitmead, Richard
Mrs. Owen drove directly into the barn and gave minute instructions as to the rubbing-down and feeding of the horses.
From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
