gum elastic

American  

noun

1. rubber.

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gum elastic British  

noun

1. another name for rubber 1

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Etymology

Origin of gum elastic

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

Metallic tubes will not do; but the gum elastic are to be employed.

From The Dog by Dinks

I likewise had orders to exchange my goods for hides, deer-skins, cochineal, gum elastic or India rubber, gum copal, cotton, fustic, sarsaparilla, &c.

From Journal of Voyages Containing an Account of the Author's being Twice Captured by the English and Once by Gibbs the Pirate... by Dunham, Jacob

Between the years 1831 and 1832 he began to hear about gum elastic and very carefully examined every article that appeared in the newspapers relative to this new material.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various

Among other fancy articles he had newspapers printed on the gum elastic drapery, and the improvement began to be highly appreciated.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various

Elasticity -- N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy. rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic. flexibility, Young's modulus.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark