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PARKESINE

\pˈɑːkɪsˌa͡ɪn], \pˈɑːkɪsˌa‍ɪn], \p_ˈɑː_k_ɪ_s_ˌaɪ_n]\

Definitions of PARKESINE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; - called also xylotile.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; - called also xylotile.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

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