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unˈgum, v.
[un-2 4 b. Cf. Du. ontgommen.]
trans. To free from gum or from being gummed; spec. in the preparation of silk.
1598Florio, Sgommare, to vngum, to vnplaister, to vn⁓glue. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 142 As soon as the whole [of the silk] is completely ungummed, they [sc. the hanks] are taken out. 1901B. Pain Another Englishwoman's Love-Lett. xxv. 111, I kiss the label..until it comes ungummed.
Hence unˈgumming vbl. n.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 142 For the first [method of scouring silk], or the ungumming. 1883R. Haldane Workshop Receipts Ser. ii. 39/1 Two operations are necessary [in silk-bleaching], ‘ungumming’ (dégommage) and ‘boiling’. |