Gum
Definition of Gum
Pronunciation: gŭmd n. | 1. | The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. | v. t. | 1. | To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer. | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | (Bot.) See Gum tree, below. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | A rubber overshoe.Gum animi or animé | See Animé. |
| v. t. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth. | v. i. | 1. | To exude or form gum; to become gummy. |
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