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Definition of Gummer
1. n. A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.
Definition of Gummer
1. Noun. A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw. ¹
2. Verb. (lacrosse) To bring the ball up the field in a lacrosse game as a defensemen and either get an assist or score a goal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gummer
1. one that gums [n -S] - See also: gums
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gummer
Literary usage of Gummer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases in Chancery, Argued and Determined in the Rolls Court by Baron Henry Bickersteth Langdale, Chaloner William Chute, John Romilly Romilly, Charles Beavan (1865)
"Robert gummer the elder died in 1811, having by his will, dated in 1810, expressed
himself to the following effect:— " Whereas I am entitled, in reversion ..."
2. New Ideas for Out of Doors: The Field and Forest Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1906)
"... AND A gummer, m THE WOODS The only really necessary tools with which to work
in building a jumper is an axe and an auger, but for that reason one need ..."
3. Foodstuff: Living in an Age of Feast and Famine by John Holden, Lydia Howland, Gareth Stedman Jones, Daniel Stedman Jones (2002)
"... eat John gummer From the most sacred to the most trivial of symbols: from
bread and wine in the Catholic mass to carrots and sherry for Santa Claus, ..."
4. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman (1897)
"... was brought to us by a neighbour, who had found it at rest on his house-door,
probably attracted by the flowers in the garden.—CECIL M. gummer ..."
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