Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scrubbing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scrub \Scrub\ (skr[u^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrubbed}
(skr[u^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrubbing}.] [OE. scrobben,
probably of Dutch or Scand. origin; cf. Dan. sckrubbe, Sw.
skrubba, D. schrobben, LG. schrubben.]
To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet
brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of
cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scrubbing
n : the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and
soap and water [syn: {scrub}, {scouring}]
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