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
"There's no rubbing-down for you to do, I reckon."
From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
To-day it means washing the face, and neck, and hands daily; to-morrow, the feet; and day after to-morrow, washing the whole body every day, and, in addition and in particular, a rubbing-down.
From What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
Of great importance for scrofulous children, furthermore, is a suitable course in gymnastics and rubbing-down with cold water.
From Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated by Brendecke, Fr. (Friedrich)
It should be particularly observed that in polishing no job should be finished immediately after the rubbing-down process; a sinking period should always be allowed.
From French Polishing and Enamelling A Practical Work of Instruction by Bitmead, Richard
