RUBBER

One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically:

An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning.

A coarse file, or the rough part of a file.

A whetstone; a rubstone.

An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc.

The cushion of an electrical machine.

One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath.

Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. Thackeray.

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.

India rubber; caoutchouc.

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.