n. [ OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. &unr_;, prob. from an Egyptian form kam&unr_;; cf. It. gomma. ]
Black gum,
Blue gum,
British gum, etc.
Gum Acaroidea,
Gum animal (Zool.),
Gum animi or animé.
Gum arabic
Gum butea,
Gum cistus,
Gum dragon.
Gum elastic,
Elastic gum
Gum elemi.
Gum juniper.
Gum kino.
Gum lac.
Gum Ladanum
Gum passages,
Gum pot
Gum resin,
Gum sandarac.
Gum Senegal
Gum tragacanth.
Gum water,
Gum wood,
v. t.
He frets like a gummed velvet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
gum up
n. [ OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen, OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g&unr_;mr, Sw. gom; cf. Gr. &unr_; to gape. ] The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. [ 1913 Webster ]
Gum rash (Med.),
Gum stick,
v. i. To exude or form gum; to become gummy. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A piece of chewing gum in the shape of a ball, usually covered with a colored glaze of sugar. They are often sold in a small, special-purpose coin-operated vending machine called a
n. [ Written also gombo. ]
n. (Med.) A small suppurating inflamed spot on the gum. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A tropical American tree (Bursera simaruba) yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes.
n. an inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]