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Massage

noun

Kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation.

verb

Manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes. Synonyms: knead, rub down.

Give a massage to.

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"Massage" Quotes from Famous Books

... rude. Her state of health accounted naturally for this and also for the arrival of a new inmate at the Elms, a cool and capable looking person who was discovered, after much amazed enquiry, to be a trained nurse. Not a hospital nurse exactly but a kind of special nurse whose duties included massage, and the giving of certain baths and things which the doctor thought strengthening. Her name was Miss Philps. Coombe never got behind that. No one could ever boast that she knew more of Miss Philps than her name. She was, and remains to this ...

— Up the Hill and Over • Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

... "I don't know, your engagements, but I've no one to play with at Burry Mills. Never have. Why couldn't you take a few days off and join me there? I warn you it will be rather dull. It's a throat and gout place-baths, massage, electricity, and so forth. But the fourth and the seventh holes really ...

— Actions and Reactions • Rudyard Kipling

... having massage and electricity. Sometimes he seems perfectly well,' said Cicely. An oddly defiant note had ...

— Missing • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... Inclusive terms from 30/- per week. Electric Light. Massage by Qualified Masseur. Electric Light Ray Bath. Station: Bournemouth West. Telephone: ...

— The Healthy Life Cook Book, 2d ed. • Florence Daniel

... a bird; admitting the kindness, Shelton fell to analysing it. To himself, to people of his class, the use of kindness was a luxury, not significant of sacrifice, but productive of a pleasant feeling in the heart, such as massage will setup in the legs. "Everybody's kind," he thought; "the question is, What understanding is there, what real sympathy?" This problem gave ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

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