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the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes

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A rubdown with a cloth dampened with paste wax will keep the wood looking nice and help seal against moisture.
I decided to give the entire stock a quick rubdown of Hoppe's No.
A vigorous rubdown, a walk around the high street and another rubdown later Harry was back on the scales.
Before you skip the doctor, make sure you know both the benefits and limits of a good rubdown.
As I climbed Goose Eye I was suffering with cramp and by the time I got to Ilkley's Cow & Calf I had to stop so a police officer could give my legs a rubdown!
Cattle ranch boss Glenn told him a huge turtle skull was a snake's "just to put the willies up him" ahead of a night's camping, which had him yelping: "Oh, there's a snake in there!" "No, it's a telephone." An Aussie rules coach said he had a future: "In the changing room doing the rubdown."
Caption: The red imported fire ant (left) dabs droplets of potent venom from its rear onto enemies, but its opponent, a tawny crazy ant (right), detoxifies the venom with an acid rubdown.
"Whether it's $5,000 for a rubdown, $200 for a tux rental, or $10,000 for a letter from an out-of-town legal firm, John Percy never met a check he wouldn't write," the NTCC source told us.
3 osmosis Relax in a fragrant cedar enzyme bath at this Freestone spa, or get a rubdown and stroll the meditation garden.
In an Ivory ad from the period following World War I, an ex-soldier's letter describes the following memory: "It certainly seemed like home to rub in the mild Ivory lather from head to foot and then feel the delightful exhilaration following a brisk rubdown" (Figure 4).
"Tell me you haven't booked a rubdown with the daughter you didn't even know you had!" Eileen cried to Lloyd about Jenna.
And then back for a rubdown and a spot of breakfast.
We can hardly wait for the sticky sweaty rubdown. *grimace here*
And wearing the right gear in the cold keeps your muscles insulated and less prone to soreness." Post-workout, treat tender spots (think: quads, calves and core) to a rubdown with a foam roller, tennis ball or can of veggies.