Definition for LU-BRIC'I-TY

LU-BRIC'I-TY, n. [Fr. lubricité.]

  1. Smoothness of surface; slipperiness.
  2. Smoothness; aptness to glide over any thing, or to facilitate the motion of bodies in contact by diminishing friction. – Ray.
  3. Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune. – L'Estrange.
  4. Lasciviousness; Propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency. – Dryden.

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