gumstock.html - n.
US 1 a galosh.
2 sl. a detective.

gumstock.html - {v.}, {slang} To cause not to work or ruin; spoil; make something go wrong. - Often used in the phrase "gum up the works". * /Jimmy has gummed up the typewriter./ Syn.: THROW A MONKEY WRENCH.

gumstock.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a a viscous secretion of some trees and shrubs that hardens on drying but is soluble in water (cf. RESIN). b an adhesive substance made from this.
2 US chewing gum.
3 = GUMDROP.
4 = gum arabic.
5 = gum-tree.
6 a secretion collecting in the corner of the eye.
7 US = GUMBOOT.

--v.

(gummed, gumming)
1 tr. smear or cover with gum.
2 tr. (usu. foll. by down, together, etc.) fasten with gum.
3 intr. exude gum.

gum arabic a gum exuded by some kinds of acacia and used as glue and in incense. gum benjamin benzoin. gum dragon tragacanth. gum juniper sandarac. gum resin a vegetable secretion of resin mixed with gum, e.g. gamboge. gum-tree a tree exuding gum, esp. a eucalyptus. gum up 1 (of a mechanism etc.) become clogged or obstructed with stickiness.
2 colloq. interfere with the smooth running of (gum up the works). up a gum-tree colloq. in great difficulties. [ME f. OF gomme ult. f. L gummi, cummi f. Gk kommi f. Egypt. kemai]

gumstock.html - n.
(usu. in pl.) the firm flesh around the roots of the teeth.

gum-shield a pad protecting a boxer's teeth and gums. [OE goma rel. to OHG guomo, ON g×mr roof or floor of the mouth]

gumstock.html - n.
colloq. (in oaths) God (by gum!). [corrupt. of God]

gumstock.html - n.
(pl. -os) US 1 okra.
2 a soup thickened with okra pods.
3 (Gumbo) a patois of Blacks and Creoles spoken esp. in Louisiana. [of Afr. orig.]