gumming

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of chewing without teeth.

   ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)

2. (countable, historical, uncountable)The manual removal of clay, or "gum", from cut coal.

3. (countable, uncountable)The act of fastening with gum, especially the application of gum-water to a lithographic stone.

4. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of gummosis (“plant disease”).

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