n. The relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur; vulcanite
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A black, hardened compound of caoutchoue or gutta-percha and sulphur in different proportions, to which other ingredients may be added for specific uses; properly, black vulcanite, but used also as a general synonym of vulcanite (which see).
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n. a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber
Word Usage
"I may mention as a curious thing that these ravenous animals, that devoured everything they came across, even to the ebonite points of our ski-sticks, never made any attempt to break into the provision cases."