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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vulcanized}; p.
pr & vb n. {Vulcanizing}.]
To change the properties of as caoutchouc, or India rubber,
by the process of vulcanization.
{Vulcanized fiber}, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber,
chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to
form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness,
etc --Knight.
{Vulcanized rubber}, India rubber, vulcanized.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vulcanized
adj : (used of rubber, e.g.) treated by a chemical or physical
process to improve its properties (hardness and
strength and odor and elasticity) [syn: {cured}]
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