Caoutchouc
rubber1 (def 1).
pure rubber.
Historical Examples
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe
Zoonomia, Vol. II Erasmus Darwin
The Sailor’s Word-Book William Henry Smyth
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure
The Literary World Seventh Reader Various
Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades…, Sixth Edition, Volume I Arnold Cooley
The New Gresham Encyclopedia Various
Appletons’ Popular Science Monthly, November 1899 Various
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II Arnold Cooley
Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II Arnold Cooley
noun
another name for rubber1 (sense 1)
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