
Noah Webster
Rubbage
RUBBAGE,
RUB'BER, noun
1. One that rubs.
2. The instrument or thing used in rubbing or cleaning.
3. A coarse file, or the rough part of it.
4. A whetstone; a rubstone.
5. The gaming, two games out of three; or the game that decides the contest; or a contest consisting of three games.
India rubber, elastic resin, or caoutchouc, a substance produced from the syringe tree of south America; a substance remarkably pliable and elastic.