Caoutchouc

/ˈkaʊt͡ʃʊk/ · noun

Meaning

(obsolete) Latex; natural rubber..

Example Sentences

The Automaton can plainly, at the will of the casual spectator, speak any sentence or words, in any language, sing, whisper, laugh, &c.; the organs of articulation are formed of caoutchouc—exactly resembling those appertaing(sic) to humanity....

Many a passer-by thought Miss Arundel was listening to some subject of most touching interest: his Lordship was only detailing the benefit he derived one wet day from his caoutchouc cloak.

Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already accepted, to be in an electrized or electrified state .

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• caoutchoucs
• cahootchie

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