▪ I. † fricace, n. Obs.
Forms: 6 fricasie, -ye, 6–7 fricacie, 7 fricace.
[ad. L. fricātio frication; for the form cf. conspiracy.]
= frication, friction 1.
| 1533 Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 47 a, Of fricasies or rubbynges precedinge exercise. 1605 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii, Applying only a warme napkin to the place, after the vnction, and fricace. a 1643 W. Cartwright Love's Convert ii. ii, Some Grooms o' the Teeth, and others of the hair; Mistres o' th' Fricace, one, one of the Powders. |
▪ II. † ˈfricace, v. Obs.
In 6–7 fric(c)ase.
trans. To rub; to subject to friction. Hence ˈfricacing vbl. n.
| 1579 J. Jones Preserv. Bodie & Soule i. xxiii. 44 Fricasing the bodie first emptied of the common excrements. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 143 First rub and friccase the wart violently, and afterward anoint it with Salt. Ibid. 504 [The powder] rubbed upon the teeth, although they be loose..yet, Pliny saith, they will be recovered by that fricassing. |