"Locofoco" is a word in ENGLISH
A friction match.
A nickname formerly given to a member of the Democratic
party.
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To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.
Read the complete definitionThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
Read the complete definitionA yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the …
Read the complete definitionA white or flesh-red mineral, of the zeolite family, occurring in isometric crystals. By friction, it acquires a weak electricity; …
Read the complete definitionA substance incapable of being electrified by friction.
Read the complete definitionNot becoming electrified by friction; -- opposed to idioelectric.
Read the complete definitionAnything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some …
Read the complete definitionTending to lessen friction.
Read the complete definitionSomething to lessen friction; antiattrition.
Read the complete definitionRubbed; worn by friction.
Read the complete definitionThe act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
Read the complete definitionA soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty …
Read the complete definitionbag-ídan - A match; any contrivance to make fire by friction. (bág-id).
Read the complete definitionbánhul - Swelling, friction, chafe; chafed, swollen, hard, stiff callous; to chafe, harden, be or become swollen, etc. (cf. pamánhul).
Read the complete definitionTo be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
Read the complete definitionA piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the …
Read the complete definitionAn apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that …
Read the complete definitionA device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10.
Read the complete definitionAlso, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., …
Read the complete definitionA wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft …
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