Definition of rubber

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Rubber (n.) An overshoe made of India rubber.

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Overshoe :: Overshoe (n.) A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file..
Bosquet :: Bosquet (n.) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) India rubber; caoutchouc.
Corticine :: Corticine (n.) A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber..
Caoutchouc :: Caoutchouc (n.) A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used c
Scrubber :: Scrubber (n.) One who, or that which, scrubs; esp., a brush used in scrubbing..
Vulcanize :: Vulcanize (v. t.) To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization..
Cannula :: Cannula (n.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar..
Linoleum :: Linoleum (n.) Linseed oil brought to various degrees of hardness by some oxidizing process, as by exposure to heated air, or by treatment with chloride of sulphur. In this condition it is used for many of the purposes to which India rubber has been applied..
Masticator :: Masticator (n.) A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or similar tough substances, into fine pieces, in some processes of manufacture..
Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like..
Hose :: Hose (n.) A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water, from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) An overshoe made of India rubber.
Elastic :: Elastic (a.) Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic..
Grubber :: Grubber (n.) One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc..
Kerite :: Kerite (n.) A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy..
Scrubber :: Scrubber (n.) A gas washer. See under Gas.
Shrubberies :: Shrubberies (pl. ) of Shrubber.
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