Lubricity

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lubricity \Lu*bric"i*ty\, n. [L. lubricitas: cf. F.
     lubricit['e].]
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     1. Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property which
        diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil. --Ray.
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     2. Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune.
        --L'Estrange.
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     3. Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery;
        incontinency. --Sir T. Herbert.
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              As if wantonness and lubricity were essential to
              that poem.                            --Dryden.
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