Definitions for the word "rubber" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
One who, or that which, rubs.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A coarse file, or the rough part of a file.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A whetstone; a rubstone.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
An eraser, usually made of caoutchouc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The cushion of an electrical machine.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Something that chafes or annoys; hence, something that grates on the feelings; a sarcasm; a rub.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
India rubber; caoutchouc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
An overshoe made of India rubber.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
1 tough elastic substance made from the latex of plants or synthetically. 2 piece of this or a similar substance for erasing esp. Pencil marks. 3 colloq. Condom. 4 (in pl.) Us galoshes. rubbery adj. Rubberiness n. [from *rub]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. n.
Match of esp. Three successive games between the same sides or persons at whist, bridge, cricket, etc. [origin unknown]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
14. slang
a term at whist, &c., the best of three games.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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