Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To rub; wipe.
  • To stroke; caress.
  • To grate; sound harsh or rough: used of speech.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To rub or wear by rubbing; to chafe.

Etymologies

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French frotter.

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