Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RUB'BER, n.

1. One that rubs.
2. The instrument or thing used in rubbing or cleaning. Swift.
3. A coarse file, or the rough part of it. Moxon.
4. A whetstone; a rubstone.
5. In gaming, two games out of three; or the game that decides the contest; or a contest consisting of three games. India rubber, caoutchouc, a substance produced from the Siphonia elastica of South America; a substance remarkably pliable and elastic. Encyc.