elastic bands

Bands made of caoutchouc, naked or covered. The former are cut from flat elateridæ elastic-type, s . Type made of compounds of caoutchouc, which will accommodate themselves to a somewhat uneven surface in printing. A form of elastic type may be lapped around a curved print ing-surface. ě-lăs-tic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. elastical ; -ly.] u an elastic manner; with a spring or rebound. ě-lăs-tiç'-i-ty, s. [ Eng.elastic ; -ity.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: The quality or condition of being elastic; that inherent property in bodies by which they recover their original form or volume after an external pre ure or force has been removed; springine . wound upon a reel, by means of a knife with slide rest motion. These strips are then covered with cotton or silk, and woven in an endle web. [CAOUTCHOUC.] elastic-bitumen, s. Min.: The same as ELATERITE. elastic-bulb syringe, a. A syringe having a bulb of caoutchouc, the expansion and contraction of which acts as a pump.