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Webster 1913 Edition


Lubricity

Lu-bric′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
lubricitas
: cf. F.
lubricité
.]
1.
Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property which diminishes friction;
as, the
lubricity
of oil
.
Ray.
2.
Slipperiness; instability;
as, the
lubricity
of fortune
.
L’Estrange.
3.
Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.
Sir T. Herbert.
As if wantonness and
lubricity
were essential to that poem.
Dryden.