ebonite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ebonite
Example Sentences
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Hycar makes an excellent ebonite, or hard rubber, when vulcanized.
From Time Magazine Archive
He brought with him an instrument which consisted of an ebonite stick to which were fastened two slips of gold leaf.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hand made, six-inch tainless steel blade, black ebonite handle with my name embossed thereon in gold leaf, and with genuine leather sheath�it is a knife to behold.
From Time Magazine Archive
In front of them a disk of ebonite or glass, having carriers of metal fixed to its edge, was rotated by a winch.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
If now a glass rod be electrified by friction with silk, it will be found that it attracts the suspended electrified ebonite rod.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
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