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.
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.
