A small instrument used to rub or flatten down the seams of a sail, in sail-making.
·noun A whetstone; a rubstone. II. Rubber ·noun India rubber; caoutchouc. III. Rubber ·noun One wh...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·- ·see <<Caoutchouc>>. ...
·add. ·- The caoutchouc obtained from the South American euphorbiaceous tree Hevea brasiliensis, hen...