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Gum v. t. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.

Gum v. t. (past & past part. gummed; pres. part. gumming)

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. "He frets like a gummed velvet."

To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth.

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)

Gum v. i. To exude or form gum; to become gummy.

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Etymology of 'Gumming'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Gumming" Quotes from Famous Books

... learn to consider mighty carefully all the angles about even the most apparently-insignificant things," he thought carefully. "I can't take chances of gumming things up, but on the other hand, I want to get an 'in' with that gang if ...

— Man of Many Minds • E. Everett Evans

... at second-hand from the Dutch, who purchased it of the French, and exacted an exorbitant price for that commodity. This consideration forwarded the plan for annexing the country to the possession of Great Britain. The project was first conceived by Mr. Thomas Gumming, a sensible quaker, who, as a private merchant, had made a voyage to Portenderrick, an adjoining part of the coast, and contracted a personal acquaintance with Amir, the moorish ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett