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Look up: frottage

  1. frottage
    [n] - masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. frottage
    Relief image obtained by placing a sheet of paper over a broken, textured, or ornamented surface, and rubbing it with a pencil, crayon, or charcoal. Brass rubbing uses the same technique. The term...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Frottage
    Surrealist automatist technique developed by Max Ernst in drawings made from 1925. Frottage is the French word for rubbing. Ernst was inspired by an ancient wooden floor where the grain of the planks had been accentuated by many years of scrubbing. The patterns of the graining suggested strange imag...
    Found on http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/gloss

  4. frottage
    1. The rubbing movement in massage. ... 2. Production of sexual excitement by rubbing against someone. ... Origin: F. A rubbing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. frottage
    noun masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd)
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. frottage
    (fro-tahzh´) a rubbing movement in massage. frotteurism.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. frottage
    (French: `rubbing`), in visual arts, technique of obtaining an impression of the surface texture of a material, such as wood, by placing a piece of ... [5 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/66

  8. Frottage
    Frottage is the practice of rubbing oneself against, or touching, the clothed bodies of other people, usually in a crowd, for sexual gratification.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. frottage
    Type: Term Pronunciation: frō-tahzh′ Definitions: 1. The rubbing movement in massage. 2. Production of sexual excitement by rubbing against someone.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  10. frottage
    Relief image obtained by placing a sheet of paper over a broken, textured, or ornamented surface, and rubbing it with a pencil, crayon, or charcoal. Brass rubbing uses the same technique. The term was invented by the German Dadaist and surrealist Max Ernst, who used the process to eliminate the cons...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  11. Frottage
    (art) In art, `frottage` (from French frotter, "to rub") is a surrealist and "automatic" method of creative production developed by Max Ernst. In frottage the artist takes a pencil or other drawing tool and makes a "rubbing" over a textured surface. The dr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frottage



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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