Meaning Of The Word Rubbing

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rubbing
A rubbing is a picture that you make by putting a piece of paper over a carved surface and then rubbing wax or chalk over it.

rubbing in American English
an impression of a design, picture, etc. incised or in relief on a surface (as of a gravestone), taken by placing a piece of paper on it and rubbing over the paper with graphite, wax, etc.
noun: an act or action of a person or thing that rubs

rubbing in British English
noun: an impression taken of an incised or raised surface, such as a brass plate on a tomb, by laying paper over it and rubbing with wax, graphite, etc

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