Definition of Goodyear

1. Noun. United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860).

Exact synonyms: Charles Goodyear
Generic synonyms: Artificer, Discoverer, Inventor

Definition of Goodyear

1. n. The venereal disease; -- often used as a mild oath.

Definition of Goodyear

1. the plague [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goodyear

Good Thing
Goodall
Goodell's dilator
Goodenia
Goodenia family
Goodeniaceae
Goodenough draw-alpha-man test
Goodpasture
Goodpasture's stain
Goodstein's theorem
Goodwife
Goodwin
Goodyear
Goodyear welt
Goodyera
Goofy
Google
Google-fu
Google bomb
Google bombs
Google fu
Google stalk
Googleable
Googled
Googler
Googlers
Googles

Literary usage of Goodyear

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Action by the Gatti-goodyear Company against Edward Rose Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Reversed. ..."

2. Leading American Inventors by George Iles (1912)
"CHARLES goodyear AIR and water, food and shelter, were the first gifts of Nature to man. Amid his lowly kindred he soon declared his primacy by wielding ..."

3. Text-book of the Patent Laws of the United States of America by Albert Henry Walker (1904)
"Deland 121 N. Y 142 goodyear r. Allyn 6 Blatch 410, 478, 533 goodyear v. ... Bishop 4 Blatch 339 goodyear v. Bishop 2 Fisher 434, 442, 446 goodyear v. ..."

4. Industrial Combinations and Trusts by William Harrison Spring Stevens (1913)
"The leased machinery shall be used only in the manufacture of boots, shoes, and other footwear made by the lessee known in the trade as "goodyear Welts," ..."

5. Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United by District Court (Illinois, District Court (Indiana, District Court (Wisconsin, Josiah Hooker Bissell, Circuit Court (7th Circuit, United States (1873)
"The product thus described by Charles goodyear in his letters patent and ... In 1851 Nelson goodyear claimed that he had made an improvement upon the ..."

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