14 adjectives to describe rub

You ought to meet a little rub or two or you will be too much in the clouds and forget that you are among mortals.

If no water is at hand, take a dry rub.

It is a dangerous rub in the alley of his conscience.

This is our Suzanne," and the speaker affectionately gave an extra rub with his coat sleeve to the barrel of the "75."

"This is not the same," rejoined the teacher, "don't you see the little tail at the bottom of it?" Aunt Comfort took off her silver spectacles, and gave the glasses of them a furious rub, then after essaying another look, exclaimed, "What, you don't mean dat 'ere little speck down at the bottom of it, does yer?"

My trees to pitchforks crown'd with straw; My clouds to pewter plates of thin edge, And fields to dish of eggs and spinage; Yet this, and many a grosser rub, Like fam'd Diogenes in tub, I bore with philosophic nerve, Nay, gladly bore; for, here observe, 'Twas that which gave to them offense, Did constitute my excellence.

The prisoner stopped, cursing him about something: the only answer was a lazy rub of the heels.

All I asked of the Canadians was to allow a little of the glory they had wonthey had such a lotto rub off on their neighbours.

The committee thought it would be rather good sport to give these knife and fork debaters a little mild and gentle rub.

There's the revolutionary rub.

In some cases the tint left on the trace of the letters is so very faint that it can just be seen, and may be entirely removed by a slight rub of the finger.

May I come in?" She gave a little ecstatic cry, but while it was still tingling on her lips, she was winding her hair into shape with lightning speed; had dipped the tips of her fingers in cold water and rubbed her eyes awake and brilliant, and with one circular rub had brought the color into her cheeks.

For what safety, what advantage to any one is it, for the avoiding the seeming absurdities, and to him unsurmountable rubs, he meets with in one opinion, to take refuge in the contrary, which is built on something altogether as inexplicable, and as far remote from his comprehension?

"Your records look as if they might be correct," said Mr. Clark, an admission greeted by Hapgood with a pleased smile and a complacent rub of the hands; "but," went on the old gentleman, "I see nothing here that would prove that this Emily Leonard was our cousin.

14 adjectives to describe  rub