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Meaning of LUBRICITY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lu*bric"i*ty\, n. [L. lubricitas: cf. F.
lubricit['e].]
1. Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which
   diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil. --Ray.
2. Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune.
   --L'Estrange.
3. Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery;
   incontinency. --Sir T. Herbert.
         As if wantonness and lubricity were essential to
         that poem.                            --Dryden.
 
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