lubriˈfaction ? Obs.
Also lubre-.
[irreg. f. L. lūbric-us lubric + -faction. Cf. next and lubrify.]
The making slippery or smooth; lubrication. Also Path. (Cf. lubricity 1 b.)
| 1542 Boorde Dyetary xii. (1870) 265 Euery thynge that is vnctyous is noysome to the stomacke, for as moche as it maketh lubryfactyon. 1547 ― Brev. Health xviii. 13 This infyrmitie [vomiting] doth come..of lubryfaction of the intestines. 1626 Bacon Sylva §41 Lubrefaction, and Relaxation. As we see in Medicines Emollient; Such as are Milke, Honey..and others. |