Gum(n.) A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
Gum(n.) See Gum tree, below.
Gum(n.) A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log.
Gum(n.) A rubber overshoe.
Gum(n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
Gum(v. i.) To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
Gum(v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
Gum(v. t.) 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.
Gummed(imp. &. p.) of Gum
Gumming(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gum
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