Alternative form of rub-up

Conservative. / Carefully planned and executed.

(idiomatic) To become swollen

(Britain, historical) A person whose job was to go from house to house in the early morning and wake up workers by tapping on the bedroom window with a long pole or similarly convenient implement.

(informal) A session of heavy drinking.

(transitive, informal) To cause to stink. / (transitive, figuratively, informal) To perform very badly in (a place).

To extol, praise.

(architecture) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths; a scratch coat. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat.

(baseball) Of a baserunner, when a fly ball is hit, to put one's foot on the base one is currently at until the ball is caught. When the ball is caught, the baserunner may attempt to advance to the next base, at the risk of being tagged out.

In the northern part of an area, country etc.