Adjective : a rubber bath mat. ,a rubber plantation. From Dictionary.com.
We have already mentioned that the caoutchouc is the oily part, the butter of all vegetable milk. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
The tree furnishes a viscid juice containing caoutchouc, which is used as glue for calking canoes. From Wordnik.com. [Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture] Reference
A meteorite, and the interior was lined with caoutchouc, which is a non-conductor of heat, as well as air-proof. From Wordnik.com. [A Trip to Venus] Reference
In all they located more than 800 caoutchouc trees. From Wordnik.com. [In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians] Reference
DECARY, R. (1962) Lhistoire du caoutchouc malagache. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Un bac mortier en caoutchouc de 52 X 32 X 22 cm (30 L). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 12] Reference
In Peru the caoutchouc is used as a substitute for candles. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
When great elasticity is desirable, more caoutchouc may be added. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 188, June 4, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
A perforated caoutchouc stopper is fitted into one aparture of the bulb. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884] Reference
This compound was asserted by its inventor to be a perfect substitute for caoutchouc. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
This name is applied to a caoutchouc plantation, the caoutchouc being extracted from the. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon] Reference
The chingufu of East Africa is a hollow box performed upon with a drum-stick of caoutchouc. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
You must be one part grace, one force, one agility, and the rest caoutchouc, Manila hemp, and watch-spring. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
I observe here Bootea bamboo baskets made water-proof by caoutchouc; this is a practice much adopted by the. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Like the caoutchouc, it is a native of South America; but the sap is a rich fluid that answers for food, like milk. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Trees at Elmridge] Reference
Other exports are caoutchouc, ebony (of which the best comes from the Congo), and camwood or barwood (a Tephrosia). From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
There's nothing in life quite like strapping something five feet wide to the back of one's bicycle with caoutchouc. From Wordnik.com. [Just another market day] Reference
The balloon is made of long strips of silk, sewn together, and rendered air-tight by means of a coating of caoutchouc. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Balloon Ascents] Reference
Upon each of these is wound a cable formed of two conductors, insulated with caoutchouc and confined in the same sheath. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885] Reference
"What dark, strange-looking trees!" exclaimed the children while looking at an illustration of caoutchouc trees in Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Trees at Elmridge] Reference
When filled, they are then rubbed over with pitch, or what is known as marine glue, -- a composition of shellac and caoutchouc. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
Since the material has to be weather-resistant, specially stabilized, reinforced plastic or synthetic caoutchouc is given preference. From Wordnik.com. [5. Biogas technique] Reference
The end, T, of the glass tube is connected by caoutchouc tubing with the coal-gas supply, the perforated end dipping into the sulphur. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference
He busied himself with great questions: the social problem: moralisation of the poorer classes, pisciculture, caoutchouc, railways, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Bovary] Reference
Thier name for this brightly buring fluid was cachuchu or caoutchouc. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
We find in the milk of plants caseum and caoutchouc; in the milk of animals, caseum and butter. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
The formation of the coagulum of the hevea, or of real caoutchouc, is nevertheless much more rapid in contact with the air. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
This use of caoutchouc appeared to us the more worthy notice, as we had been often embarrassed by the want of European corks. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
This seems to indicate that the caoutchouc, in coagulating, carries with it the caseum, which is perhaps only an altered albumen. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
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