keriten.
/ˈkɪərʌɪt/ A kind of artificial caoutchouc for coating telegraph wires, made with tar or asphaltum, oils and sulphur.
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kerite1875
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1223/2 The principal use of kerite has been as an insulating material in telegraphy.
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n.1875- to talk sense into
- to talk sense into a person
- to talk shop
- to talk smack
- to talk some sense into
- to talk some sense into a person
- to talk someone's ear off
- to talk someone's language
- to talk someone'the same language
- to talk stable
- to talk stupidness
- to talk that talk
- to talk the bark off a tree
- to talk the hind leg off a donkey
- to talk the hind leg off a donkey etc
- to talk the hind leg off a donkey horse
- to talk the hind legs off a donkey
- to talk the talk
- to talk through
- to talk through one's hat
- to talk through one's neck
- to talk through the back of one's neck
- to talk to
- to talk to a brick wall
- to talk to etc on the big white telephone