Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rubber"
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) 1.7 (wn)
rubber
adj 1: made of rubber and therefore water-repellent; "rubber boots"
[syn: {rubberized}, {rubberised}]
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: contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex
sheath worn over the penis during intercourse [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},
{rubberise}]
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