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rubber |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rubber adj 1: made of rubber and therefore water-repellent; "rubber boots" [syn: {rubberized}] 2: (informal) "a rubber check"; "a no-good check" [syn: {no-good}] n 1: latex from trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) [syn: {India rubber}, {gum elastic}, {caoutchouc}] 2: an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil [syn: {rubber eraser}, {pencil eraser}] 3: a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse as a contraceptive or prophylactic device [syn: {condom}, {safety}, {safe}, {prophylactic}] 4: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow [syn: {arctic}, {galosh}, {golosh}, {gumshoe}] v : coat or impregnate with rubber, as of fabrics [syn: {rubberize}]
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