v. Now rare. [ad. F. lubrifi-er (16th c.), irreg. f. L. lūbric-us LUBRIC: see -FY.] trans. To make slippery or smooth; to lubricate. Hence Lubrifying ppl. a.
1611. Cotgr., Lubrifier, to lubrifie, or make slipperie.
1628. Venner, Baths of Bath (1637), 34. Some lubrifying, clensing extract.
1638. A. Read, Chirurg., xxvii. 201. Into these nutritive clysters no oyle must enter, because it will too much lubrifie the guts.
1718. Blair, in Phil. Trans., XXX. 888. A certain quantity of Moisture, fit to lubrifie the Muscles of the Ossicles.
1866. Eng. Mechanic, 7 Sept., 515. This water lubrifies the piston, and dispenses with necessity for grease.
