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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen, OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g?mr, Sw. gom; cf. Gr. ? to gape.] The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. [1913 Webster] {Gum rash} (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum. {Gum stick}, a smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gum \Gum\, v. t. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See {Gummer}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It. {gomma}.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. [1913 Webster] 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. [Southern U. S.] [1913 Webster] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[oe]a}). {Gum animal} (Zool.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim['e]}. See {Anim['e]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[ae]}, {Cactace[ae]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[aum]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gum \Gum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gummed} (g[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gumming}.] 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. [1913 Webster] He frets like a gummed velvet. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth. [PJC] {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] [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gum \Gum\, v. i. To exude or form gum; to become gummy. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: gum n 1: a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing [syn: {chewing gum}, {gum}] 2: the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth [syn: {gingiva}, {gum}] 3: any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying 4: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive [syn: {glue}, {gum}, {mucilage}] 5: wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the sweet gum [syn: {gumwood}, {gum}] 6: any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum [syn: {gum tree}, {gum}] v 1: cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you gum the tape it is stronger" 2: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food" [syn: {mumble}, {gum}] 3: become sticky 4: exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"