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adj. - Treated with an adhesive gum.

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  • As he had supposed, there was a pile of paper on his desk, including a sealed envelope with a security label gummed on the outside.
  • Its stops were of all shapes and sizes, and their character was indicated by paper labels gummed underneath.
  • They were perhaps "gummed," or united together by a secretion that had become hard.
  • In case it becomes "gummed" a drop of kerosene on the parts that have been oiled will cut the gum.
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