rubber

RUB'BER, n.

1. One that rubs.

2. The instrument or thing used in rubbing or cleaning.

3. A coarse file, or the rough part of it.

4. A whetstone; a rubstone.

5. The gaming, two games out of three; or the game that decides the contest; or a contest consisting of three games.

India rubber, elastic resin, or caoutchouc, a substance produced from the syringe tree of south America; a substance remarkably pliable and elastic.