Rubber
['rʌbə] or ['rʌbɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products.
(noun.) any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber.
(adj.) returned for lack of funds; 'a rubber check'; 'a no-good check' .
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Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, rubs.
(n.) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning.
(n.) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file.
(n.) A whetstone; a rubstone.
(n.) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc.
(n.) The cushion of an electrical machine.
(n.) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath.
(n.) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub.
(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.
(n.) India rubber; caoutchouc.
(n.) An overshoe made of India rubber.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Caoutchouc, india-rubber, gum-elastic.
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Definition
n. one who rubs down horses: one who practises massage: a coarse towel for rubbing the body: a piece of caoutchouc for erasing pencil-marks india-rubber: a brush for erasing marks of chalk: the cushion of an electric machine: a whetstone a file: an emery-cloth: an overshoe: a rub as 'One who plays with bowls must expect to meet with rubbers': a contest of three games as at whist—also the deciding game in such a series.—adj. made of caoutchouc or india-rubber.—ns. Rubb′er-cloth a fabric coated with caoutchouc; Rubb′er-dam a sheet of caoutchouc used by dentists to keep saliva out of a tooth while being filled; Rubb′er-gauge a device for measuring the amount of india-rubber needed to make a given article; Rubb′er-mould a vulcanite mould used by dentists in shaping the plates for artificial teeth; Rubb′er-mount′ing in saddlery harness-mounting with vulcanite in imitation of leather-work.—n.pl. Rubb′ers a disease in sheep with great heat and itchiness.—ns. Rubb′er-saw a circular rotatory knife for cutting india-rubber; Rubb′er-stamp an instrument for stamping by hand with ink the letters &c. being in flexible vulcanised rubber; Rubb′er-type a type cast in rubber; Rubb′ing an application of friction: a copy of an inscribed surface produced by rubbing heel-ball or plumbago upon paper laid over it.—ns. Rubb′ing-machine′ a machine used in linen bleaching; Rubb′ing-post a stone or wooden post set up for cattle to rub themselves against; Rubb′ing-stone a gritstone for erasing the marks on a stone.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being clothed in rubber garments, is a sign that you will have honors conferred upon you because of your steady and unchanging stand of purity and morality. If the garments are ragged or torn, you should be cautious in your conduct, as scandal is ready to attack your reputation. To dream of using ``rubber'' as a slang term, foretells that you will be easy to please in your choice of pleasure and companions. If you find that your limbs will stretch like rubber, it is a sign that illness is threatening you, and you are likely to use deceit in your wooing and business. To dream of rubber goods, denotes that your affairs will be conducted on a secret basis, and your friends will fail to understand your conduct in many instances.
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Examples
- The shoes are then covered with a coat of rubber varnish, and are put into cars and run into the vulcanizing ovens, where they remain from six to seven hours at a temperature of about 275°. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But nothing that could be done would prevent the rubber from getting soft in summer and hard and brittle in the winter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There, within easy reach of the rubber trees, they set up their camp and the actual work of harvesting the rubber crop begins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- How is Crude Rubber Received Here? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This proving a failure, he, in 1830, turned his attention to the improvement of rubber goods. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Here there were no white men, no soldiers, nor any rubber or ivory to be gathered for cruel and thankless taskmasters. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- At K this spring is clamped and insulated from the iron work by two pieces of hard rubber. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Attach a small toy bell to a glass rod (Fig. 166) by means of a rubber tube and pass the rod through one of two openings in a rubber cork. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Oh, I assure you, mother's very fond of a rubber,' said Mr. Wardle; 'ain't you, mother? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The wet sheets of rubber are cut in square pieces, placed on perforated tin pans and loaded into the dryer, which will hold about eight hundred pounds of rubber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Up to this time, all the rubber was called Para rubber, named from the town of Para in Brazil, from which all rubber was shipped. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The first embossed metal plates were linked together in the form of an endless chain, similar to the rubber type plates. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The greatest of all applications of rubber are to be found in the manufacture of boots and shoes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1770 Dr. Priestley published the fact that this rubber had become notable for rubbing out pencil marks, bits of it being sold for a high price for that purpose. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Goodyear discovers process of Vulcanizing Rubber. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Amy was fretting because her lessons were not learned, and she couldn't find her rubbers. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They had solemn rubbers of whist, when they went upstairs after drinking, and their carriages were called at half past ten. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Get me my rubbers, and put these slippers with our things. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Tragedies and cravats, poetry and pickles, garden seeds and long letters, music and gingerbread, rubbers, invitations, scoldings, and puppies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Sedate and solemn were the score of rubbers in which Mr. Pickwick and the old lady played together; uproarious was the mirth of the round table. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was winning, but there seemed to be no reason why the renewal of rubbers should end, and Lydgate at last took his leave. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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