gummous (gum us)

[= F. gommeux = Pr. gomos Sp. gomoso = Pg. It. gommoso, Of this we have an instance in the magisteries... of jalap, bensoin, and of divers other resinous or gummous bodies di olved in spirit of wine. Boyle , Works, IV. 337. The thoughts rise heavily and pa gummous thro' my pen. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ix. 18. gummy (gum'i), a. [ Heer, for hard Cement, heap they night and day The gummy slime of chalkie waters gray. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., Babylon. From the utmost end of the head branches there i ueth out a gummy juice, which hangeth downward like a cord. Raleigh . 2. Impregnated with gum; giving out gum; covered with or clogged by gum or viscous IMG:content-2800.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In pathol., pertaining to or having the nature of a gumma; gummatous.-4. Having an accumulation of gum, or matter resembling gum; stuffy; puffy; swollen. [Slang.] A little gummy in the leg, I suppose. Colman the Younger, Poor Gentleman. gump (gump), n. [Perhaps C.... is still a gump , and is constantly regretting that she ever left the "dear old Hengland" in which she was so notoriously prosperous and happy. Harper's Mag ., LXXVI. 148.