6. A chance. [Obs.]

Flight shall leave no Greek a rub.

Chapman.

7. A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone;

-- called also rubstone.

Rub iron, an iron guard on a wagon body, against which a wheel rubs

when cramped too much.

Rub"a-dub (?), n. The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence,

a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.

The rubadub of the abolition presses.

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