ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED1.] Affected or altered by the process of vulcanization.
1845. Mech. Mag., Feb., 112. The exhibition by Mr. Brockedon of some specimens of Mr. Thomas Hancock’s patent ‘vulcanized’ india-rubber.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., Org., i. § 1. 16. Gentle suction is then to be effected by means of a tube of vulcanized caoutchouc.
1873. E. Spon, Workshop Receipts, Ser. I. 2/1. Vulcanized rubber is also extremely useful for cleaning off drawings.
transf. 1884. Knight, Dict. Mech., Suppl. 931/2. Vulcanized Fiber, paper, paper pulp, or other vegetable fibrous substance that has been so prepared … as to give it in a measure metallic toughness and strength.
