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slovo definícia rubber (mass) rubber - gumový, guma, pogumovať rubber (encz) rubber,brus n: Zdeněk Brož rubber (encz) rubber,guma rubber (encz) rubber,gumový adj: Zdeněk Brož rubber (encz) rubber,kaučuk n: Zdeněk Brož rubber (encz) rubber,kondom n: [amer.] guma Pino rubber (encz) rubber,pryž Zdeněk Brož Rubber (gcide) Rubber \Rub"ber\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically: (a) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. (b) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file. (c) A whetstone; a rubstone. (d) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc or a synthetic rubber[4]. (e) The cushion of an electrical machine. (f) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath. (g) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 2. In some games, as bridge or whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, which decides the winner 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. [1913 Webster] 3. India rubber; caoutchouc; gum elastic; -- also called natural rubber. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. Any substance, whether natural or synthetic, resembling India rubber with respect to its elasticity[1]. [PJC] 5. A low-cut overshoe made of natural or synthetic rubber[4], serving to keep the feet and shoes dry when walking in the rain or on a wet surface; -- usually used in the plural. [1913 Webster] 6. A condom. [Slang] [PJC] 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. [1913 Webster] rubber (wn) rubber adj 1: returned for lack of funds; "a rubber check"; "a no-good check" [syn: rubber, no-good] n 1: an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products [syn: rubber, natural rubber, India rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc] 2: any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber [syn: rubber, synthetic rubber] 3: an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil [syn: rubber eraser, rubber, pencil eraser] 4: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse [syn: condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic] 5: a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow [syn: arctic, galosh, golosh, rubber, gumshoe] v 1: coat or impregnate with rubber; "rubberize fabric for rain coats" [syn: rubberize, rubberise, rubber]

podobné slovo definícia rubber (mass) rubber - gumový, guma, pogumovať chlorinated rubber (encz) chlorinated rubber,chlorkaučuk [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač chlorinated rubber paint (encz) chlorinated rubber paint,chlorkaučuková nátěrová hmota [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač cold rubber (encz) cold rubber, n: crepe rubber (encz) crepe rubber,přírodní guma n: Zdeněk Brožcrepe rubber,surová guma n: Zdeněk Brož drubber (encz) drubber, foam rubber (encz) foam rubber,molitan n: Zdeněk Brož grubber (encz) grubber,kultivátor n: Zdeněk Brož hard rubber (encz) hard rubber, n: india rubber (encz) India rubber, lay rubber (encz) lay rubber, mistletoe rubber plant (encz) mistletoe rubber plant, n: money-grubber (encz) money-grubber,skrblík n: Zdeněk Brož moneygrubber (encz) moneygrubber,skrblík n: Zdeněk Brož para rubber (encz) para rubber, n: para rubber tree (encz) para rubber tree, n: rubber (encz) rubber,brus n: Zdeněk Brožrubber,guma rubber,gumový adj: Zdeněk Brožrubber,kaučuk n: Zdeněk Brožrubber,kondom n: [amer.] guma Pinorubber,pryž Zdeněk Brož rubber band (encz) rubber band,gumička n: Zdeněk Brož rubber boa (encz) rubber boa, n: rubber boot (encz) rubber boot, n: rubber bullet (encz) rubber bullet, n: rubber cement (encz) rubber cement, n: rubber eraser (encz) rubber eraser, n: rubber match (encz) rubber match, rubber plant (encz) rubber plant, n: rubber stamp (encz) rubber stamp,razítko rubber tire (encz) rubber tire, n: rubber tree (encz) rubber tree,gumovník n: Michal Ambrož rubber-base paint (encz) rubber-base paint, n: rubber-necking (encz) rubber-necking, n: rubberise (encz) rubberise, v: rubberised (encz) rubberised, adj: rubberize (encz) rubberize,pogumovat v: Zdeněk Brož rubberized (encz) rubberized, adj: rubberlike (encz) rubberlike,gumovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož rubberneck (encz) rubberneck,zvědavec n: Zdeněk Brož rubbers (encz) rubbers,gumy n: Zdeněk Brožrubbers,pryže n: Zdeněk Brož rubberstamp (encz) rubberstamp,razítko n: Zdeněk Brožrubberstamp,razítkovat v: Zdeněk Brož rubbertipped (encz) rubbertipped,s gumou na konci n: Jiří Dadák rubbery (encz) rubbery,elastický adj: Zdeněk Brožrubbery,pružný adj: Zdeněk Brož scrubber (encz) scrubber,běhna n: Zdeněk Brožscrubber,děvka n: Zdeněk Brožscrubber,pračka vzduchu n: [tech.] Václav Kubíčekscrubber,prostitutka n: Zdeněk Brož shrubberies (encz) shrubberies, shrubbery (encz) shrubbery,křoviny n: Zdeněk Brožshrubbery,křoviska n: Zdeněk Brožshrubbery,obdělávané křoviny (jako živý plot) n: slady silicone rubber (encz) silicone rubber, n: synthetic rubber (encz) synthetic rubber, n: where the rubber hits the road (encz) where the rubber hits the road, Antimony rubber (gcide) Rubber \Rub"ber\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically: (a) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. (b) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file. (c) A whetstone; a rubstone. (d) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc or a synthetic rubber[4]. (e) The cushion of an electrical machine. (f) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath. (g) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 2. In some games, as bridge or whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, which decides the winner 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. [1913 Webster] 3. India rubber; caoutchouc; gum elastic; -- also called natural rubber. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. Any substance, whether natural or synthetic, resembling India rubber with respect to its elasticity[1]. [PJC] 5. A low-cut overshoe made of natural or synthetic rubber[4], serving to keep the feet and shoes dry when walking in the rain or on a wet surface; -- usually used in the plural. [1913 Webster] 6. A condom. [Slang] [PJC] 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. [1913 Webster] Brake rubber (gcide) Brake \Brake\ (br[=a]k), n. [OE. brake; cf. LG. brake an instrument for breaking flax, G. breche, fr. the root of E. break. See Break, v. t., and cf. Breach.] 1. An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber. [1913 Webster] 2. An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine. [1913 Webster] 3. A baker's kneading though. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 4. A sharp bit or snaffle. [1913 Webster] Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit. --Gascoigne. [1913 Webster] 5. A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc. [1913 Webster] A horse . . . which Philip had bought . . . and because of his fierceness kept him within a brake of iron bars. --J. Brende. [1913 Webster] 6. That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mil.) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista. [1913 Webster] 8. (Agric.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag. [1913 Webster] 9. A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine. [1913 Webster] 10. (Engin.) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake. [1913 Webster] 11. A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses. [1913 Webster] 12. An ancient instrument of torture. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster] Air brake. See Air brake, in the Vocabulary. Brake beam or Brake bar, the beam that connects the brake blocks of opposite wheels. Brake block. (a) The part of a brake holding the brake shoe. (b) A brake shoe. Brake shoe or Brake rubber, the part of a brake against which the wheel rubs. Brake wheel, a wheel on the platform or top of a car by which brakes are operated. Continuous brake . See under Continuous. [1913 Webster] Drubber (gcide) Drubber \Drub"ber\ (dr[u^]b"b[~e]r), n. One who drubs. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Grubber (gcide) Grubber \Grub"ber\, n. One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc. [1913 Webster]Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zool.) (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macab['e]. (b) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies. [1913 Webster] grubber (gcide) Grubber \Grub"ber\, n. One who, or that which, grubs; especially, a machine or tool of the nature of a grub ax, grub hook, etc. [1913 Webster]Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zool.) (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macab['e]. (b) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies. [1913 Webster] Hard rubber (gcide) Hard \Hard\ (h[aum]rd), a. [Compar. Harder (-[~e]r); superl. Hardest.] [OE. hard, heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. hard, G. hart, OHG. herti, harti, Icel. har[eth]r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[*a]rd, Goth. hardus, Gr. kraty`s strong, ka`rtos, kra`tos, strength, and also to E. -ard, as in coward, drunkard, -crat, -cracy in autocrat, democracy; cf. Skr. kratu strength, k[.r] to do, make. Cf. Hardy.] 1. Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple. [1913 Webster] 2. Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem. [1913 Webster] The hard causes they brought unto Moses. --Ex. xviii. 26. [1913 Webster] In which are some things hard to be understood. --2 Peter iii. 16. [1913 Webster] 3. Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure. [1913 Webster] 4. Difficult to resist or control; powerful. [1913 Webster] The stag was too hard for the horse. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] A power which will be always too hard for them. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 5. Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms. [1913 Webster] I never could drive a hard bargain. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 6. Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character. [1913 Webster] 7. Not easy or agreeable to the taste; harsh; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style. [1913 Webster] Figures harder than even the marble itself. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 8. Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider. [1913 Webster] 9. (Pron.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; -- said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc. [1913 Webster] 10. Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone. [1913 Webster] 11. (Painting) (a) Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition. (b) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade. [1913 Webster] Hard cancer, Hard case, etc. See under Cancer, Case, etc. Hard clam, or Hard-shelled clam (Zool.), the quahog. Hard coal, anthracite, as distinguished from {bituminous coal} (soft coal). Hard and fast. (Naut.) See under Fast. Hard finish (Arch.), a smooth finishing coat of hard fine plaster applied to the surface of rough plastering. Hard lines, hardship; difficult conditions. Hard money, coin or specie, as distinguished from paper money. Hard oyster (Zool.), the northern native oyster. [Local, U. S.] Hard pan, the hard stratum of earth lying beneath the soil; hence, figuratively, the firm, substantial, fundamental part or quality of anything; as, the hard pan of character, of a matter in dispute, etc. See Pan. Hard rubber. See under Rubber. Hard solder. See under Solder. Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness, 3. Hard wood, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc. In hard condition, in excellent condition for racing; having firm muscles; -- said of race horses. Syn: Solid; arduous; powerful; trying; unyielding; stubborn; stern; flinty; unfeeling; harsh; difficult; severe; obdurate; rigid. See Solid, and Arduous. [1913 Webster]Rubber \Rub"ber\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically: (a) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. (b) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file. (c) A whetstone; a rubstone. (d) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc or a synthetic rubber[4]. (e) The cushion of an electrical machine. (f) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath. (g) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 2. In some games, as bridge or whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, which decides the winner 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. [1913 Webster] 3. India rubber; caoutchouc; gum elastic; -- also called natural rubber. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. Any substance, whether natural or synthetic, resembling India rubber with respect to its elasticity[1]. [PJC] 5. A low-cut overshoe made of natural or synthetic rubber[4], serving to keep the feet and shoes dry when walking in the rain or on a wet surface; -- usually used in the plural. [1913 Webster] 6. A condom. [Slang] [PJC] 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. [1913 Webster] India rubber (gcide) India \In"di*a\, n. [See Indian.] A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. [1913 Webster] India ink, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also China ink. The true India ink is sepia. See Sepia. India matting, floor matting made in China, India, etc., from grass and reeds; -- also called Canton matting or China matting. India paper, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not glossy surface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts, etc. India proof (Engraving), a proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper. India rubber. See Caoutchouc. India-rubber tree (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian Ficus elastica, often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves. [1913 Webster]India rubber \In"di*a rub"ber\ See Caoutchouc. [1913 Webster]Rubber \Rub"ber\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically: (a) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. (b) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file. (c) A whetstone; a rubstone. (d) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc or a synthetic rubber[4]. (e) The cushion of an electrical machine. (f) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath. (g) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 2. In some games, as bridge or whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, which decides the winner 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. [1913 Webster] 3. India rubber; caoutchouc; gum elastic; -- also called natural rubber. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. Any substance, whether natural or synthetic, resembling India rubber with respect to its elasticity[1]. [PJC] 5. A low-cut overshoe made of natural or synthetic rubber[4], serving to keep the feet and shoes dry when walking in the rain or on a wet surface; -- usually used in the plural. [1913 Webster] 6. A condom. [Slang] [PJC] 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. [1913 Webster]Caoutchouc \Caout"chouc\, n. [F. caoutchouc, from the South American name.] A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or {Hevea caoutchouc}), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and {gum elastic}. See Vulcanization. [1913 Webster] Mineral caoutchouc. See under Mineral. [1913 Webster] India-rubber spring (gcide) Spring \Spring\, n. [AS. spring a fountain, a leap. See Spring, v. i.] 1. A leap; a bound; a jump. [1913 Webster] The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by its elasticity; as, the spring of a bow. [1913 Webster] 3. Elastic power or force. [1913 Webster] Heavens! what a spring was in his arm! --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force. [1913 Webster] Note: The principal varieties of springs used in mechanisms are the spiral spring (Fig. a), the coil spring (Fig. b), the elliptic spring (Fig. c), the half-elliptic spring (Fig. d), the volute spring, the India-rubber spring, the atmospheric spring, etc. [1913 Webster] 5. Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; an issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain. "All my springs are in thee." --Ps. lxxxvii. 7. "A secret spring of spiritual joy." --Bentley. "The sacred spring whence right and honor streams." --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 6. Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive. [1913 Webster] Our author shuns by vulgar springs to move The hero's glory, or the virgin's love. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 7. That which springs, or is originated, from a source; as: (a) A race; lineage. [Obs.] --Chapman. (b) A youth; a springal. [Obs.] --Spenser. (c) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland. [Obs.] --Spenser. Milton. [1913 Webster] 8. That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 9. The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator. "The green lap of the new-come spring." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Spring of the astronomical year begins with the vernal equinox, about March 21st, and ends with the summer solstice, about June 21st. [1913 Webster] 10. The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage; as, the spring of life. "The spring of the day." --1 Sam. ix. 26. [1913 Webster] O how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 11. (Naut.) (a) A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely. (b) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored. [1913 Webster] Air spring, Boiling spring, etc. See under Air, Boiling, etc. Spring back (Bookbinding), a back with a curved piece of thin sheet iron or of stiff pasteboard fastened to the inside, the effect of which is to make the leaves of a book thus bound (as a ledger or other account or blank book) spring up and lie flat. Spring balance, a contrivance for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring of steel. Spring beam, a beam that supports the side of a paddle box. See Paddle beam, under Paddle, n. Spring beauty. (a) (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Claytonia, delicate herbs with somewhat fleshy leaves and pretty blossoms, appearing in springtime. (b) (Zool.) A small, elegant American butterfly ({Erora laeta}) which appears in spring. The hind wings of the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of the female are mostly blue. Spring bed, a mattress, under bed, or bed bottom, in which springs, as of metal, are employed to give the required elasticity. Spring beetle (Zool.), a snapping beetle; an elater. Spring box, the box or barrel in a watch, or other piece of mechanism, in which the spring is contained. Spring fly (Zool.), a caddice fly; -- so called because it appears in the spring. Spring grass (Bot.), vernal grass. See under Vernal. Spring gun, a firearm discharged by a spring, when this is trodden upon or is otherwise moved. Spring hook (Locomotive Engines), one of the hooks which fix the driving-wheel spring to the frame. Spring latch, a latch that fastens with a spring. Spring lock, a lock that fastens with a spring. Spring mattress, a spring bed. Spring of an arch (Arch.) See Springing line of an arch, under Springing. Spring of pork, the lower part of a fore quarter, which is divided from the neck, and has the leg and foot without the shoulder. [Obs.] --Nares. Sir, pray hand the spring of pork to me. --Gayton. Spring pin (Locomotive Engines), an iron rod fitted between the springs and the axle boxes, to sustain and regulate the pressure on the axles. Spring rye, a kind of rye sown in the spring; -- in distinction from winter rye, sown in autumn. Spring stay (Naut.), a preventer stay, to assist the regular one. --R. H. Dana, Jr. Spring tide, the tide which happens at, or soon after, the new and the full moon, and which rises higher than common tides. See Tide. Spring wagon, a wagon in which springs are interposed between the body and the axles to form elastic supports. Spring wheat, any kind of wheat sown in the spring; -- in distinction from winter wheat, which is sown in autumn. [1913 Webster] Springald Springal India-rubber tree (gcide) India \In"di*a\, n. [See Indian.] A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. [1913 Webster] India ink, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also China ink. The true India ink is sepia. See Sepia. India matting, floor matting made in China, India, etc., from grass and reeds; -- also called Canton matting or China matting. India paper, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not glossy surface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts, etc. India proof (Engraving), a proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper. India rubber. See Caoutchouc. India-rubber tree (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian Ficus elastica, often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves. [1913 Webster] natural rubber (gcide) Rubber \Rub"ber\, n. 1. One who, or that which, rubs. Specifically: (a) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning. (b) A coarse file, or the rough part of a file. (c) A whetstone; a rubstone. (d) An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc or a synthetic rubber[4]. (e) The cushion of an electrical machine. (f) One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath. (g) Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 2. In some games, as bridge or whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, which decides the winner 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. [1913 Webster] 3. India rubber; caoutchouc; gum elastic; -- also called natural rubber. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. Any substance, whether natural or synthetic, resembling India rubber with respect to its elasticity[1]. [PJC] 5. A low-cut overshoe made of natural or synthetic rubber[4], serving to keep the feet and shoes dry when walking in the rain or on a wet surface; -- usually used in the plural. [1913 Webster] 6. A condom. [Slang] [PJC] 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. [1913 Webster]