[f. prec. sb.] a. intr. To move about with friction; to friction away, to go on rubbing. b. trans. To chafe or rub (the body or limbs). c. intr. To sustain friction (see quot. 1855).
1842. Mech. Mag., XXXVI. 22 Jan., 61/1. Did not the earth perform its motions as regularly before the creation of man, as now it does with 800,000,000 of human beings on its surface incessantly frictioning about.
1855. Tait’s Mag., XXII. March, 186/1. If it [an oil-painting] will ‘friction,’ as the term is—that is, if he can raise the varnish by rubbing with finger or thumb, he accounts himself happy; and, laying it flat on his dining-table, he frictions away till his hands are tender and blistered.
1856. Kane, Arct. Expl., I. xxvii. 361–2. I reached the ice-floe, and was frictioned by Hans with frightful zeal.
