Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gumming"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gum \Gum\, v. t. [imp. &. p. {Gummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{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 likke a gummed velvet.Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gumming
n : ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth) [syn: {mumbling}]
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