| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To rub and cleanse without wetting.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: dry-rubbing, dry-rubbed, dry-rubs, dry-rubber, dry-rubbers, dry-rubbingly and dry-rubbedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"DRY-RUB" is a common misspelling or typo for: dry-run. |
Date "DRY-RUB" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Dry-rub \Dry"-rub`\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Dry-rubbed; present participle verb or noun Dry-rubbing.]. (references) |
