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brass-rub•bing



Pronunciation: (bras'rub"ing, bräs'-), [key]
—n.
1. an antiquarian's technique for copying designs from incised brass memorial slabs and the like.
2. a copy made by brass-rubbing. Cf. rubbing (def. 2).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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