Middle English Dictionary Entry
rubbing(e ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | rubbing(e ger. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Rubbing the eyes, hands, etc.; massaging; also, scratching; (b) rubbing oneself against something; -- used of a horse; (c) polishing; (d) scraping, excoriating; also fig.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)99a/b : Þis euel haþ felawschipe of passinge bytynge..& of desiringe of frotynge, rubbinge, cracchinge, and clawinge.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)147/28 : When þe aposteme is matured..breke it wiþ þe nayles of þe fyngres or in rubbynge [*Ch.(1): frotyng; L fricando] wiþ some þing.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)152/23 : Dryue þe mater to þat oþer hande with rubbynges.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)384/21 : The secounde is fulfilled..with baþes, wiþ ventoses, and wiþ rubbynges.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)124 : A womane beeinge in this passyone behoveth furste to have stronge rubbynge in the extremytyffes..with salt and vinegre.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)2.B.920 : This..man, whan he doith arise, Must doo his homage to Treselencellis as his duete, And with rubbyng and rustelyng do hym sacrifice.
- c1484(a1475) Caritate SSecr.(Tak 38)148/26 : Rubbe thy tethe with þe barke of a tree..drye and hoote..þis rubbyng helpith myche.
- c1500 Corneus (Ashm 61)120 : All þer wyues..Hath vsyd þe baske fysyke..And oft þei haue draw þat drauȝht, To vse wele þe lecherus craft, With rubyng of þer toute.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)p.90 : Ðat ston..is of many vertues; and when he is chafed by rubbyng or by fretyng it draueþ to him þe strees þat ben abowte him.
b
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)89/77 : Whan an hors..strobuleþ his veyne with rubbynge of hym in self [read: hym self], Þen schalt þou take felt & brenne it sumdel, [etc.].
- a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)145/782 : Ȝif an hors with fallynge or with rubbynge or with a stroke be y-hurte in þe eye so þat he be growyn ouer-al white, Take þat men clepuþ on latyn edera terrestris, [etc.].
c
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)277 : Þan was rotlyng in Rome, robbyng of brynnyes, Schewyng of scharpe.
d
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)285a/a : Oon [tusk of an elephant] is alway worchyng and þat oþer is y-spared lest he schulde wexe dulle wiþ contynual smytyng and rubbyng.
- c1450 St.Eras.(Add 36983)p.202 : These he suffred of þe turmentours..[the twenty-eighth passion] was rubbyng his body withe fullers tasels.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.122v : In oure tymes, sturyngges of hetes and batailles and struccion of oure prouinces and also well cruwell rubbynges and rauesshinges of barbare enmys, westynge and duerse tribulacions of hethen men to tourmentyng vs.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. rubbing.