Category: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.] Antimony rubber, an Elastic durable variety of vulcanized caoutchouc of a red color. It Contains antimony sulphide as an important constituent. -- hard rubber, a kind of vulcanized caoutchouc which nearly Resembles horn in texture, rigidity, etc. -- india rubber, caoutchouc. See caoutchouc. -- rubber cloth, cloth covered with caoutchouc for excluding water Or moisture. -- rubber dam (dentistry), a shield of thin sheet rubber clasped Around a tooth to exclude saliva from the tooth.