"Gum" is a word in ENGLISH
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.
To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a
worn saw). See Gummer.
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.
The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the
adjacent parts of the jaws.
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.
See Gum tree, below.
To exude or from gum; to become gummy.
A rubber overshoe.
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What is the difference between men and pigs?Pigs don't turn into men when they drink.
The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.
Read the complete definitionGum arabic.
Read the complete definitionA volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained …
Read the complete definitionGum tragacanth.
Read the complete definitionThe Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A …
Read the complete definitionAlt. of Gum ammoniac
Read the complete definitionA Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).
Read the complete definitionA carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
Read the complete definitionMucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.
Read the complete definitionA sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.
Read the complete definitionAn ancient name of a gum.
Read the complete definitionThe fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. …
Read the complete definitionThe peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and …
Read the complete definitionA genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk …
Read the complete definitionatóli - Glue, gum, mucilage; paste. (cf. kóla).
Read the complete definitionbábul gam n bubble gum. v {1} [A1] chew, get bubble gum. {2} [A13; b6] put bubble gum s.w. babung, …
Read the complete definitionbanhud a numb from loss of circulation or anesthesia. v [BN; a4b4] become numb, for limbs to fall asleep. Mibanhud …
Read the complete definitionbasangag, basángag a a toothless mouth that is wide open. v {1} [B56; c1] for a toothless mouth to be …
Read the complete definitionA constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It …
Read the complete definitionAn unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, …
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