? Obs. Also lubre-. [irreg. f. L. lūbric-us LUBRIC + -FACTION. Cf. next and LUBRIFY.] The making slippery or smooth; lubrication. Also Path. (Cf. LUBRICITY 1 b.)
1542. Boorde, Dyetary, xii. (1870), 265. Euery thynge that is vnctyous is noysome to the stomacke, for as moche as it maketh lubryfactyon. Ibid. (1547), Brev. Health, xviii. 13. This infyrmitie [vomiting] doth come … of lubryfaction of the intestines.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 41. Lubrefaction, and Relaxation. As we see in Medicines Emollient; Such as are Milke, Honey … and others.
