Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LU'BRI-CATE
LU'BRI-CATE, v.t. [L. lubrico, from lubricus, slippery; allied to labor, to slip or slide.]
To make smooth or slippery. Mucilaginous and saponaceous medicines lubricate the parts to which they are applied.
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