lubrify, v. Now rare.
(ˈl(j)uːbrɪfaɪ)
[ad. F. lubrifi-er (16th c.), irreg. f. L. lūbric-us lubric: see -fy.]
trans. To make slippery or smooth; to lubricate. Hence ˈlubrifying ppl. a.
| 1611 Cotgr., Lubrifier, to lubrifie, or make slipperie. 1628 Venner Baths of Bath (1637) 341 Some lubrifying, clensing extract. 1638 A. Read Chirurg. xxvii. 201 Into these nutritive clysters no oyle must enter, because it will too much lubrifie the guts. 1718 Blair in Phil. Trans. XXX. 888 A certain quantity of Moisture, fit to lubrifie the Muscles of the Ossicles. 1866 Eng. Mechanic 7 Sept. 515 This water lubrifies the piston, and dispenses with necessity for grease. |