† friˈcation Obs.
Also 6 fricacion.
[ad. L. fricātiōn-em, n. of action f. fricāre to rub.]
1. The action or process of chafing or rubbing (the body) with the hands. Cf. fricace and friction 1.
| 1533 Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 75 b, Then increase fricacions and exercise by litel & litel. 1626 Bacon Sylva §58 Gentle Frication draweth forth the Nourishment, by making the Parts a little Hungry. 1661 K. W. Conf. Charac., Detracting Empiric (1860) 65 This quackroyall is..never so happy as when he's..telling them..how many humours he hath asswaged by frication. 1694 R. Burthogge Reason 85 By..a strong Frication of the eye from without. |
2. The action of rubbing the surface of one body against that of another; friction.
| 1631 Jordan Nat. Bathes v. (1669) 29 Some woods that are unctuous..which yield fire by frication. 1664 Power Exp. Philos. iii. 156 A well polished Stick of hard Wax (immediately after frication) will..move the Directory Needle. 1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Shrouding, They [trees] need no fence..as standing in no Danger of the Brousings and Frications of Cattle or Conies. |