[f. Gr. κηρ-ός wax + -ITE1; named by the inventor A. G. Day (1866).] A kind of artificial caoutchouc for coating telegraph wires, made with tar or asphaltum, oils and sulphur.
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., s.v., The principal use of kerite has been as an insulating material in telegraphy.
