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verb

Gum v. t. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.

Gum v. t. (past & past part. gummed; pres. part. gumming)

To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance. "He frets like a gummed velvet."

To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth.

gum up

(a)

To block or clog (a conduit) with or as if with gum; as, to gum up the drainpipe.

(b)

to interfere with; to spoil. (Slang)

Gum v. i. To exude or form gum; to become gummy.

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Etymology of 'Gummed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gummed" Quotes from Famous Books

... and on the other the inscription, the Lady Alison Beauchamp. The table-cover was of tasteful silk patchwork, the vase in the centre was of red earthenware, but was encircled with real ivy leaves gummed on in their freshness, and was filled with wild flowers; books filled every corner; and Rachel felt herself out of the much-loathed region of common-place, but she could not recover from her surprise at the audacity of such an independent measure on the part of her cousin; and under cover ...

— The Clever Woman of the Family • Charlotte M. Yonge

... there was real cause for talk. Siddle's shop was closed. Over the letter-box, neatly printed, was gummed ...

— The Postmaster's Daughter • Louis Tracy

... by some such simple device as the following: Suppose the seance room is closed at one end by a pair of folding-doors; these doors are locked, the key kept by a member of the audience, while the keyhole is sealed, and strips of gummed paper are also stretched across the crack between the doors, sealing them firmly together. Confederates enter the room, in this case, by merely pushing BOTH doors to one side, they being so constructed that this is possible. A small space ...

— The Lock and Key Library/Real Life #2 • Julian Hawthorne

... the wall of a bulb, as in a Geissler potash bulb or similar apparatus. Where there is not space to join the inner tube to the blowing tube by a rubber tube, this joint may be made with a small piece of gummed paper, which can readily be ...

— Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing • Francis C. Frary

... beautiful trees are to be seen in all their perfection, and I thought it would be appropriate to write a letter from there on birch bark. So I split my bark very thin and got a respectable sheet of it ready; then I cut another piece, to form an envelope, and gummed it together. I had quite a struggle to write on it decently with a steel pen, because the pen would go through the paper; but I persevered, and finally I accomplished my letter. It seemed odd to ...

— Among the Trees at Elmridge • Ella Rodman Church

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