[f. LUBRICATE v. + -ING2.] That lubricates; adapted for lubrication.
1691. Ray, Creation, II. (1704), 327. Both the Ingredients are of a lubricating Nature.
1768. Lysons, in Phil. Trans., LIX. 12. Using bleeding, with anodyne and lubricating medicines.
1858. Greener, Gunnery, 423. The patent lubricating bullet, with the lubricating composition, effectually lubricates the inner surface of the chamber as far as the bullet enters.
1878. Browning, Poets Croisic, cxvi. A sweetmeat teazed beneath Palate by lubricating tongue.
