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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The trade-name of a substance proposed as a substitute for india-rubber and gutta-percha in many of their uses, especially in electrical insulation. It is an intimate mixture of the soluble variety of nitrocellulose with nitrated linseed-oil or castor-oil, preferably the latter.
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