In selcouthe maners and sere deguse

Hampole, Prick of Conscience (1517). (E. D.) degum (de-gum'), v. t.; pret. and pp. degummed, ppr. degumming. [ Scouring renders all common silks, whether white or yellow in the raw, a brilliant pearly white, with a delicate soft flo y texture, from the fact that the fibres which were agglutinated in reeling, being now degummed , are separated from each other and show their individual tenuity in the yarn.