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Webster 1913 Edition


Kerite

Ke′rite

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Noun.
[Gr.
κέρας
, horn.]
A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; – used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy.
Knight.

Definition 2024


kerite

kerite

English

Noun

kerite (countable and uncountable, plural kerites)

  1. A compound in which tar or asphalt combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; formerly used as an insulating material in telegraphy.