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Traditional English :: lubra
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lubra.html - n.
Austral. sometimes derog. an Aboriginal woman. [F loubra f. Tasmanian] |
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Traditional English :: lubra
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lubra.html - n.
Austral. sometimes derog. an Aboriginal woman. [F loubra f. Tasmanian] |
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Traditional English :: lubricant
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lubra.html - n. & adj. --n. a substance used to reduce friction. --adj. |
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Traditional English :: lubricate
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lubra.html - v.tr. 1 reduce friction in ( machinery etc.) by applying oil or grease etc. 2 make slippery or smooth with oil or grease. lubrication n. lubricative adj. lubricator n. [L lubricare lubricat- f. lubricus slippery] |
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Traditional English :: lubricious
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lubra.html - adj. (also lubricous) 1 slippery, smooth, oily. 2 lewd, prurient, evasive. lubricity n. [L lubricus slippery] |
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Traditional English :: lubber
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lubra.html - n. a big clumsy fellow; a lout. lubber line Naut. a line marked on a compass, showing the ship's forward direction. lubberlike adj. lubberly adj. & adv. [ME, perh. f. OF lobeor swindler, parasite f. lober deceive] |
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