gum elastic

noun

Nearby words

gum benzoin, gum bichromate process, gum dammar, gum digger, gum digger's spear, gum elastic, gum elemi, gum eraser, gum field, gum guaiac, gum line

Origin of gum elastic

First recorded in 1780–90

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Examples from the Web for gum elastic

Here too grows the tree from which the gum-elastic is got: it is large and as tall as any in the forest.
Wanderings in South America|Charles Waterton
In an emergency a gum-elastic catheter with a terminal aperture may be passed, as recommended by Macewen and Annandale.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
Professor Espy was here, with a tremendous storm in a gum-elastic bag.
The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse")|Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bougies are made of various materials, but for ordinary purposes the gum-elastic is the best.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various

I finally threw aside the gum-elastic chamber and unrigged it from around the car.
The Literary World Seventh Reader|Various

British Dictionary definitions for gum elastic

gum elastic

noun

another name for rubber 1 (def. 1)

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gum elastic

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gum elastic

noun