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Gum [n.] - The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.Other Defenitions: Gum [v. t.] - To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer. 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 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 [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. Gum [v. i.] - To exude or from gum; to become gummy. gum [] - Alt. of copal
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