Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make clean by rubbing without wetting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To rub and cleanse without wetting.
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Examples
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The recipe is simple: pork belly is liberally coated with a dry-rub of salt, sugar, and spices, and then cured in the refrigerator for several days.
Recipes: Home-Cured Flat Pancetta & Edamame and Mushroom Risotto with Pancetta Laurie Constantino 2009
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The recipe is simple: pork belly is liberally coated with a dry-rub of salt, sugar, and spices, and then cured in the refrigerator for several days.
Archive 2009-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2009
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Instead it seemed more like a a dry-rub kind of stew.
A Little Piece of Eritrea Near City Hall | Midtown Lunch: Downtown NYC 2010
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However, because I totally wanted ribs this weekend, I also threw a COSTCO 3-pack of dry-rub baby backs onto the lower deck.
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But then, I can see this being a perfect dry-rub or marinade for meats, and of course, it worked brilliantly in this butternut squash soup.
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Delicious dry-rub barbecued ribs, actually, baby back ribs.
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He's finally proved himself to be a crackpot who has somehow bought off the very serious corporate media with his awesome recipe for dry-rub in exchange for wide-berth latitude -- so much so that too many of his otherwise self-destructive remarks are simply laughed off.
Bob Cesca: Killing Iranian Civilians Isn't Hilarious, Senator McCain 2008
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If you're willing to pop for a toll call, chef David Ribbens at Shula's Steak House in New York City will give you one of his dry-rub recipes.
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I decided to use the leftover Four-Spice Blend from the marinade to make a dry-rub for the beef roast.
Don't Turnip Your Nose Katie Khoury 2006
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I decided to use the leftover Four-Spice Blend from the marinade to make a dry-rub for the beef roast.
Archive 2006-07-01 Katie Khoury 2006
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