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Definition of Gumming
1. Noun. Ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth).
Generic synonyms: Chew, Chewing, Manduction, Mastication
Derivative terms: Gum, Mumble
Definition of Gumming
1. Verb. (present participle of gum) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gumming
1. gum [v] - See also: gum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gumming
Literary usage of Gumming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1884)
"gumming and Drying.—Still another special physical test determines the degree to
which the oil is liable to injury by gumming. The usual method is that of ..."
2. Pulpit Eloquence of the Nineteenth Century: Being Supplementary to the by Henry Clay Fish, Edwards Amasa Park (1871)
"We should say that Dr. gumming could not lay claim to depth and ... Dr. gumming is
quite noted as a platform speaker ; and whether here or in his pulpit, ..."
3. Southland Writers: Biographical and Critical Sketches of the Living Female by Mary T.]. [Tardy, Ida Raymond (1870)
"Miss gumming is of Scotch descent, and has resided in Mobile since childhood.
... Miss gumming aims to do more than this. She was constantly with the army ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1834)
"With instruments on this plan Professor gumming has registered the daily ...
The instruments exhibited and explained by Professor gumming consisted of: 2. ..."
5. Men of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries, Containing Biographical by Thompson Cooper (1879)
"gumming, THE REV. JOHN. DD, FR.SE, minister of the Scotch Church, ... Dr.
gumming came to London in 1833. Ou the platform he is distinguished for his ..."
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