refrication
English
Etymology
Latin refricare to rub again.
Noun
refrication (uncountable)
- (obsolete, nonce word) A rubbing up afresh; a brightening.
- 1633, Joseph Hall, A paraphrase upon the hard texts of Scripture
- A continual refrication of the memory.
- 1633, Joseph Hall, A paraphrase upon the hard texts of Scripture
References
- refrication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913