When the bakery announced a big sale, it's hard not to rub one's hands together at the thought of all that fresh bread.

When the committee criticized her idea unfairly, she rubbed her face with a brass candlestick and shot back a scathing retort.

She kept an old rubstone by the sink to scrub stubborn stains from the cast-iron skillet.

The conservation team carefully cleaned the rubstones before placing them in the display case.