Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen, OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g?mr, Sw. gom; cf. Gr. ? to gape.] The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
{Gum rash} (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum.
{Gum stick}, a smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething.
Gum \Gum\, v. t. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See {Gummer}.
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. ?, prob. from an Egyptian form kam?; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. 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.
2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}.
3. 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. [Southern U. S.]
4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.]
{Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc.
{Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[oe]a}).
{Gum animal} (Zo["o]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}.
{Gum animi or anim['e]}. See {Anim['e]}.
{Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple.
{Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo.
{Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose.
{Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}.
{Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}.
{Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}.
{Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}.
{Gum kino}. See under {Kino}.
{Gum lac}. See {Lac}.
{Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose.
{Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[ae]}, {Cactace[ae]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum.
{Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients.
{Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter.
{Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}.
{Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni["a]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa.
{Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}.
{Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water.
{Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
Gum \Gum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gummed} (g[u^]md); 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.
He frets like a gummed velvet. --Shak.
2. To chew with the gums, rather than with the teeth. [PJC]
{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] [PJC]
Gum \Gum\, v. i. To exude or form gum; to become gummy.
Aspartame has been used in 1,250 products since it was first approved in 1981 for chewing gum, the company said.
The daily news show has included pitches for Levi's jeans, Snickers candy bars, Wrigley's chewing gum and Head & Shoulders shampoo.
Sadly, however, by opening night Mr. Bogachev's performance had deteriorated into that of a booming, arm-slinging terror, chewing gum as if his jaws were pistons.
Let stand a ruling that threw out former major leaguer Jim Bouton's $1 million damage award over a baseball Wrigley subsidiary's bubble gum product that resembles chewing tobacco.
The company also makes bubble gum, mostly marketed under the Dubble Bubble brand, as well as Razzles, a gum product pressed into the form of a tablet.
The company also makes bubble gum, mostly marketed under the Dubble Bubble brand, as well as Razzles, a gum product pressed into the form of a tablet.
The "pie pan of beans" at Lambert's in Sikeston, Mo., comes with dessert _ a King Edward cigar and a stick of Big Red chewing gum.
The boy apparently had gotten bubble gum stuck in his throat, Applegate said.
And most emphatically, dentists assert that hygienists need them to handle medical emergencies and to diagnose such conditions as oral cancer and gum disease.
That's because plastic envelope windows gum up their machines, as do the glue in catalog bindings and on address labels.
Chewing gum flavor generally lasts about 10 to 12 minutes, but David Light, an Advanced Polymer spokesman, said the companies hope to keep a flavorful chew going up to 10 minutes more.
The new pricing strategy doesn't affect sugarfree gums or Freedent gum for denture wearers.
Luoto, in charge of planning 42,000 school meals in Helsinki, said Friday that giving kids chewing gum with meals is technically feasible.
Flight attendants and ticket agents will ply passengers with free candy and gum, and get tough if necessary to enforce the new federal ban on smoking that takes effect on thousands of domestic flights Saturday.
(The agency recently surprised Madison Avenue with a new campaign to encourage smokers to chew gum where smoking is prohibited.) Wrigley is determined to maintain a conservative and wholesome image.
The 35-year-old toll machines are being hit by liquid soap, cherry bombs, razor blades and gum.
Baik Sung-hak was a 12-year-old orphan and felt lucky to be taken on by a U.S. artillery unit as a "washy-washy boy." He was not paid in money, but in food, candy, gum and the friendship of a GI he called Billy, who also had been an orphan.
This man chews the gum and spits some paint-like liquid out onto a waiting canvas, creating an abstract picture. Meanwhile, the Blue Man on the right is thrown marshmallowish objects that ooze and spurt after he catches them in his mouth.
And more than half of the sales racked up by supermarkets represent "impulse" sales _ unplanned purchases ranging heavily to items like magazines, candy and gum, greeting cards and snacks.
The familiar Ford gum machine with its glass globe was invented in 1917 by Mason's father, the Rev. Wallace Mason.
The Chopin Alveograph Test, for instance, requires dough to be mixed and then blown up and burst like bubble gum, in order to test its elasticity.
The company tried, albeit obliquely, in its recent "Piece of America" campaign, which showed otherwise respectable people chewing gum in public.
Then, doctors are asked to help patients willing to try to quit by setting a quit date, giving the patient self-help material and prescribing nicotine gum if needed for heavier smokers.
Every attorney shipped to the Far East would be one less to gum up the works here at home.
If the gum sticks to your hair, they know it is good gum." Attackers tried to assassinate Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni after hundreds of his soldiers mutinied in April, Ugandan dissident military officers said.
If the gum sticks to your hair, they know it is good gum." Attackers tried to assassinate Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni after hundreds of his soldiers mutinied in April, Ugandan dissident military officers said.
Plan different activities that occupy your hands or mouth _ knitting, working a crossword puzzle, or chewing gum _ to substitute for smoking.
Some airlines provided smokers with hard candy or gum to ease their cravings.
Merrell Dow's main products are the antihistamine Seldane, an anti-cholesterol drug Lorelco, the anti-smoking gum Nicorette and Cepacol mouthwash.
Under the new regulations, chewing gum importers face a fine of as much as 10,000 Singapore dollars (US$6,171) and a year in jail.