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Lubrictiy


LUBRIC'TIY, noun

1. Smoothness of surface; slipperiness.

2. Smoothness; aptness to glide over any thing, or to facilitate the motion of bodies in contact by diminishing friction.

3. Slipperiness; instability; as the lubricity of fortune.

4. Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.