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Definition of Gum elastic
1. Noun. 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.
Specialized synonyms: Foam Rubber, Crepe Rubber, Cold Rubber, Ebonite, Hard Rubber, Vulcanite, Para Rubber
Generic synonyms: Latex
Derivative terms: Rubber, Rubberize, Rubbery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gum Elastic
Literary usage of Gum elastic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1851)
"Treatment of Stricture of the Urethra with Gum-elastic Catheters.—[The Dublin
Medical Press (April 16th, 1851) contains some interesting remarks on this ..."
2. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"These are made in gum elastic other tubes. (Fig. 218), celluloid, vulcanite, and
in soft india-rubber. Fro. 218.—gum elastic Tracheotomy ..."
3. First principles of chemistry for the use of colleges and schools by Benjamin Silliman (1861)
"Small tubes of gum-elastic are very useful in the laboratory, to join glass tubes
and form flexible joints. They are easily made from sheet caoutchouc by ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"... and other fibers : copal, dragon's blood, gum elastic, and balsams in great
variety; and copaiba, jalap, sarsaparilla, ..."
5. The Painter, Gilder, and Varnisher's Companion: Containing Rules and (1867)
"Take eight ounces of gum-elastic, pound it well, and put it upon the fire, in a
vessel containing half a pound of boiling linseed oil. ..."
6. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1836)
"OF CAOUTCHOUC OR gum elastic. Caoutchouc exudes, in the fluid state, from certain
plants, and congeals in the form of the mould on which it may be received. ..."
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