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The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure.

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  1. n. The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure.
  2. n. process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them
  3. The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure.
  4. The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, orthe like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating withsulphur under pressure.
  5. n. process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them