RUBBERS

Noun

rubbers

plural of rubber

Noun

rubbers

(obsolete) Rubber overshoes; galoshes.

A disease of sheep, with great heat and itchiness.

Source: Wiktionary


RUBBER

Rub"ber, n.

1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically: (a) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. (b) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file. (c) A whetstone; a rubstone. (d) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc. (e) The cushion of an electrical machine. (f) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath. (g) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. Thackeray.

2. 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. Beaconsfield. "A rubber of cribbage." Dickens.

3. India rubber; caoutchouc.

4. An overshoe made of India rubber. [Colloq.] Antimony rubber, an elastic durable variety of vulcanized caoutchouc of a red color. It contains antimony sulphide as an important constituent.

– Hard rubber, a kind of vulcanized caoutchouc which nearly resembles horn in texture, rigidity, etc.

– India rubber, caoutchouc. See Caoutchouc.

– Rubber cloth, cloth covered with caoutchouc for excluding water or moisture.

– Rubber dam (Dentistry), a shield of thin sheet rubber clasped around a tooth to exclude saliva from the tooth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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