af-frĭco (better adf-), āre, ui, ātum, v. a., to rub on or against a thing: alicui (only in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.: herbae se adfricans, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99; so id. 29, 6, 38, § 122: unguedine diu palmulis suis adfricata, Ap. Met. 3, 21, 14 Elm.—
II Trop., to communicate or impart by rubbing : rubiginem suam alicui, Sen. Ep. 7.