Obs.; also 7 adfriction. [ad. L. *affrictiōn-em, n. of action, f. affrict- ppl. stem of affricā-re to rub on; f. af- = ad- to + fricā-re to rub. The ordinary cl. L. form was affricātio; the simple fricā-re had both fricāt-um and frict-um.] The action of rubbing one thing upon another.
1615. Crooke, Body of Man, 234. When as in polutions or affrictions women … do loose their owne seed.
1660. H. More, Myst. Godl., X. xiv. 541. The Adfriction of the pastoral medicine to a diseased Sheep.
1681. Hallywell, Melamp., 115 (T.). Every pitiful vice seeks the enlargement of itself by a contagious affriction of all capable subjects.
