Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ebonite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ebonite \Eb"on*ite\, n. (Chem.)
A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and
polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and
buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ebonite
n : a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural
rubber [syn: {hard rubber}, {vulcanite}]
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