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gumming
/ˈɡʌmɪŋ/
noun 4
Definitions
noun
1
The act of chewing without teeth.
We give teething babies ABC books made of materials that can withstand repeated gummings.
2
The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.
3
The act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone.
4
Synonym of gummosis (“plant disease”).
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