gutta-perchan.
/ˌɡʌtəˈpəːtʃə/, U.S. /ˈˌɡədəˈˌpərtʃə/ 1. The inspissated juice of various trees found chiefly in the Malayan archipelago (see sense 2), now extensively used in the arts.
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gutta-percha1845
gutta1852
percha1876
1845 Athenæum 337 The Secretary described the substance called ‘gutta percha’.
1852 J. Crawfurd Gram. & Dict. Malay Lang. II. 50 Gâtah-pârcha, the inspissated juice of the pârcha tree, Isonandra gutta of Sir William Hooker; the guttah-percha of commerce.
1858 E. Lankester & W. B. Carpenter Veg. Physiol. (new ed.) §335 A substance, closely resembling Indian-rubber, has lately excited considerable interest, and, under the name of Gutta Pertscha, is now brought into the markets of Europe in considerable quantities.
1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude 144 No sooner is the electric telegraph devised, than gutta-percha, the very material it requires, is found.
1890 H. Drummond in Life (1899) xv. 388 Blue star-fish like gutta-percha.
2. (Short for gutta-percha-tree n. at Compounds 1a) One of the trees that yield this juice, esp. Isonandra (or Dichopsia) Gutta (N.O. Euphorbiaceæ).
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular tree or plant yielding useful gum or resin > rubber trees or plants > [noun]
milk-bush1696
hule1846
seringa1847
seringue1850
jintawan1851
gutta-percha1860
taban1861
melkbos1862
rubber plant1863
palay1866
Honduras rubber1870
hevea1878
tunu1883
black rubber vine1887
guayule1906
kok-saghyz1932
1860 L. Oliphant Narr. Earl of Elgin's Mission China & Japan I. 27 Among them [Singapore trees] are the ebony, sapan, and eagle wood, but more valuable than all the gutta-percha.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 671 Gutta-Percha is a handsome ever~green tree, native of Borneo, Sumatra, and others of the East India Islands.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
gutta-percha-joint n.
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1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 241 The mean faults in gutta percha joints..are [etc.].
gutta-percha-jointing n.
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1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 236 Patience is another virtue in gutta percha jointing, especially in the open air.
gutta-percha-merchant n.
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1851 in Illustr. London News 5 Aug. (1854) 118 Occupations of the people..Gutta-percha merchant.
gutta-percha-sheeting n.
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1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 239 The gutta percha sheeting, as supplied to jointers, should be cut into strips four inches wide.
gutta-percha-tree n.
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1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 367 The gutta-percha tree..is entitled to rank as a new genus.
gutta-percha-tube n.
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1873 C. H. Ralfe Outl. Physiol. Chem. 182 The chambers communicate with each other, and into each of which the fluid potass is passed by means of gutta percha tubes.
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gutta-percha-covered adj.
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1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 236 Gutta-percha-covered wire.
C2.
gutta-percha-tissue n. ‘gutta-percha in a very thin leaf, used as a waterproof covering to dressings to prevent evaporation’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1886).
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1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. i. 30 Take one of the strips of gutta-percha tissue.
gutta-percha-wire n. Telegraphy wire covered with gutta-percha.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > wire > types of
silver wire14..
white wire1463
virginal wire1662
pin-wire1674
binding wire1767
pinion wire1767
electric wire1819
music wire1823
gutta-percha-wire1876
No. eight1876
picture wire1876
number eight1952
microwire1953
plated wire1960
nanowire1990
1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 235 Out-of-door jointing of gutta percha wires.
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