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   Gum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gummed (gŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gumming.]
   1. 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.
   
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   He frets like a gummed velvet. Shak.
   
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   2. To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth.
   
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   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]
   
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