refrication

English

Etymology

Latin refricare to rub again.

Noun

refrication (uncountable)

1. (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.

References

• “refrication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.