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   gainlessly
         adv 1: without gain or profit [syn: {profitlessly},
                  {unprofitably}, {gainlessly}]

English Dictionary: gunlock	by the DICT Development Group
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game license n a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time Synonym(s): hunting license, hunting licence, hunting permit, game license
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gaumless adj (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality Synonym(s): gaumless, gormless
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genealogic adj of or relating to genealogy; "genealogical records" [syn: genealogic, genealogical]
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genealogical adj of or relating to genealogy; "genealogical records" [syn: genealogic, genealogical]
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genealogically adv in a genealogical manner; "he charted his family tree genealogically"
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genealogist n an expert in genealogy
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genealogy n successive generations of kin [syn: genealogy, {family tree}] the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
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genlisea n rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps; each tube passes into two long spirally twisted arms with stiff hairs
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gum elastic n an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products Synonym(s): rubber, natural rubber, India rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc
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gum-lac n an inferior lac produced by lac insects in Madagascar
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gum-like adj resembling chewing gum
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gunlock n the action that ignites the charge in a firearm [syn: gunlock, firing mechanism]
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Gymnelis n a genus of Zoarcidae Synonym(s): Gymnelis, genus Gymnelis
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Gymnelis viridis n brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout [syn: {fish doctor}, Gymnelis viridis]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blackfish \Black"fish\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A small kind of whale, of the genus {Globicephalus}, of several species. The most common is {G. melas}. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The tautog of New England ({Tautoga}). 3. (Zo[94]l.) The black sea bass ({Centropristis atrarius}) of the Atlantic coast. It is excellent food fish; -- locally called also {black Harry}. 4. (Zo[94]l.) A fish of southern Europe ({Centrolophus pompilus}) of the Mackerel family. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The female salmon in the spawning season. Note: The name is locally applied to other fishes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bedstraw \Bed"straw`\, n. 1. Straw put into a bed. --Bacon. 2. (Bot.) A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. {Our Lady's bedstraw}, which has yellow flowers, is {Galium verum}. {White bedstraw} is {G. mollugo}.
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Gainless \Gain"less\, a. Not producing gain; unprofitable. --Hammond. -- {Gain"less/ness}, n.
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Gainless \Gain"less\, a. Not producing gain; unprofitable. --Hammond. -- {Gain"less/ness}, n.
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Game \Game\, a. 1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky. I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought even to the death. --W. Irving. 2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting. {Game bag}, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken. {Game bird}, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns. {Game egg}, an egg producing a gamecock. {Game laws}, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking game for food or for sport. {Game preserver}, a land owner who regulates the killing of game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.] {To be game}. (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit. (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.] {To die game}, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gameless \Game"less\, a. Destitute of game.
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Genealogic \Gen`ealog"ic\, a. Genealogical.
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Genealogical \Gen`ealog"ical\, a. [Cf. F. g[82]n[82]alogique.] Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order. -- {Gen`ealog"ical*ly}, adv. {Genealogical tree}, a family lineage or genealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Genealogical \Gen`ealog"ical\, a. [Cf. F. g[82]n[82]alogique.] Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order. -- {Gen`ealog"ical*ly}, adv. {Genealogical tree}, a family lineage or genealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Genealogical \Gen`ealog"ical\, a. [Cf. F. g[82]n[82]alogique.] Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order. -- {Gen`ealog"ical*ly}, adv. {Genealogical tree}, a family lineage or genealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Genealogy \Gen`eal"ogy\, n.; pl. {Genealogies}. [OE. genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. g[82]n[82]alogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] birth, race, descent (akin to L. genus) + [?] discourse.] 1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree. 2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Genealogist \Gen`eal"ogist\, n. [Cf. F. g[82]n[82]alogiste.] One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families.
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Genealogize \Gen`eal"ogize\, v. i. To investigate, or relate the history of, descents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Genealogy \Gen`eal"ogy\, n.; pl. {Genealogies}. [OE. genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. g[82]n[82]alogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. [?]; [?] birth, race, descent (akin to L. genus) + [?] discourse.] 1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree. 2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Genial \Gen"ial\, a. [L. genialis: cf. OF. genial. See {Genius}.] 1. Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive. [bd]The genial bed.[b8] --Milton. Creator Venus, genial power of love. --Dryden. 2. Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition. So much I feel my genial spirits droop. --Milton. 3. Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn. [Obs.] Natural incapacity and genial indisposition. --Sir T. Browne. 4. Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature. [R.] Men of genius have often attached the highest value to their less genial works. --Hare. {Genial gods} (Pagan Mythol.), the powers supposed to preside over marriage and generation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Geomalism \Geom"alism\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + "omalismo`s a leveling.] (Biol.) The tendency of an organism to respond, during its growth, to the force of gravitation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gommal \Gom"mal\, a. Made or consisting of interlocked ring[?] or links; as, gimmal mail. In their pale dull mouths the gimmal bit Lies foul with chewed grass. --Shak. {Gimmal joint}. See {Gimbal joint}, under {Gimbal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elastic \E*las"tic\, a. [Formed fr. Gr. [?] to drive; prob. akin to L. alacer lively, brisk, and E. alacrity: cf. F. [82]lastique.] 1. Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic. Capable of being drawn out by force like a piece of elastic gum, and by its own elasticity returning, when the force is removed, to its former position. --Paley. 2. Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution. {Elastic bitumen}. (Min.) See {Elaterite}. {Elastic curve}. (a) (Geom.) The curve made by a thin elastic rod fixed horizontally at one end and loaded at the other. (b) (Mech.) The figure assumed by the longitudinal axis of an originally straight bar under any system of bending forces. --Rankine. {Elastic fluids}, those which have the property of expanding in all directions on the removal of external pressure, as the air, steam, and other gases and vapors. {Elastic limit} (Mech.), the limit of distortion, by bending, stretching, etc., that a body can undergo and yet return to its original form when relieved from stress; also, the unit force or stress required to produce this distortion. Within the elastic limit the distortion is directly proportional to the stress producing it. {Elastic tissue} (Anat.), a variety of connective tissue consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies. {Gum elastic}, caoutchouc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caoutchouc \Caout"chouc\, n. [F. caoutchouc, from the South American name.] A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree {Siphonia elastica} or {Hevea caoutchouc}), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called {India rubber} (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and {gum elastic}. See {Vulcanization}. {Mineral caoutchouc}. See under {Mineral}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elastic \E*las"tic\, a. [Formed fr. Gr. [?] to drive; prob. akin to L. alacer lively, brisk, and E. alacrity: cf. F. [82]lastique.] 1. Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic. Capable of being drawn out by force like a piece of elastic gum, and by its own elasticity returning, when the force is removed, to its former position. --Paley. 2. Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution. {Elastic bitumen}. (Min.) See {Elaterite}. {Elastic curve}. (a) (Geom.) The curve made by a thin elastic rod fixed horizontally at one end and loaded at the other. (b) (Mech.) The figure assumed by the longitudinal axis of an originally straight bar under any system of bending forces. --Rankine. {Elastic fluids}, those which have the property of expanding in all directions on the removal of external pressure, as the air, steam, and other gases and vapors. {Elastic limit} (Mech.), the limit of distortion, by bending, stretching, etc., that a body can undergo and yet return to its original form when relieved from stress; also, the unit force or stress required to produce this distortion. Within the elastic limit the distortion is directly proportional to the stress producing it. {Elastic tissue} (Anat.), a variety of connective tissue consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies. {Gum elastic}, caoutchouc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caoutchouc \Caout"chouc\, n. [F. caoutchouc, from the South American name.] A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree {Siphonia elastica} or {Hevea caoutchouc}), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called {India rubber} (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and {gum elastic}. See {Vulcanization}. {Mineral caoutchouc}. See under {Mineral}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Elastic \E*las"tic\, a. [Formed fr. Gr. [?] to drive; prob. akin to L. alacer lively, brisk, and E. alacrity: cf. F. [82]lastique.] 1. Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twisted; springy; having the power of rebounding; as, a bow is elastic; the air is elastic; India rubber is elastic. Capable of being drawn out by force like a piece of elastic gum, and by its own elasticity returning, when the force is removed, to its former position. --Paley. 2. Able to return quickly to a former state or condition, after being depressed or overtaxed; having power to recover easily from shocks and trials; as, elastic spirits; an elastic constitution. {Elastic bitumen}. (Min.) See {Elaterite}. {Elastic curve}. (a) (Geom.) The curve made by a thin elastic rod fixed horizontally at one end and loaded at the other. (b) (Mech.) The figure assumed by the longitudinal axis of an originally straight bar under any system of bending forces. --Rankine. {Elastic fluids}, those which have the property of expanding in all directions on the removal of external pressure, as the air, steam, and other gases and vapors. {Elastic limit} (Mech.), the limit of distortion, by bending, stretching, etc., that a body can undergo and yet return to its original form when relieved from stress; also, the unit force or stress required to produce this distortion. Within the elastic limit the distortion is directly proportional to the stress producing it. {Elastic tissue} (Anat.), a variety of connective tissue consisting of a network of slender and very elastic fibers which are but slightly affected by acids or alkalies. {Gum elastic}, caoutchouc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caoutchouc \Caout"chouc\, n. [F. caoutchouc, from the South American name.] A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree {Siphonia elastica} or {Hevea caoutchouc}), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called {India rubber} (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and {gum elastic}. See {Vulcanization}. {Mineral caoutchouc}. See under {Mineral}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gum \Gum\, n. [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr. Gr. [?], prob. from an Egyptian form kam[?]; cf. It. {gomma}.] 1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins. 2. (Bot.) See {Gum tree}, {below}. 3. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive; also, a vessel or bin made of a hollow log. [Southern U. S.] 4. A rubber overshoe. [Local, U. S.] {Black gum}, {Blue gum}, {British gum}, etc. See under {Black}, {Blue}, etc. {Gum Acaroidea}, the resinous gum of the Australian grass tree ({Xanlhorrh[d2]a}). {Gum animal} (Zo[94]l.), the galago of West Africa; -- so called because it feeds on gums. See {Galago}. {Gum animi or anim[82]}. See {Anim[82]}. {Gum arabic}, a gum yielded mostly by several species of {Acacia} (chiefly {A. vera} and {A. Arabica}) growing in Africa and Southern Asia; -- called also {gum acacia}. East Indian gum arabic comes from a tree of the Orange family which bears the elephant apple. {Gum butea}, a gum yielded by the Indian plants {Butea frondosa} and {B. superba}, and used locally in tanning and in precipitating indigo. {Gum cistus}, a plant of the genus {Cistus} ({Cistus ladaniferus}), a species of rock rose. {Gum dragon}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum elastic}, {Elastic gum}. See {Caoutchouc}. {Gum elemi}. See {Elemi}. {Gum juniper}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum kino}. See under {Kino}. {Gum lac}. See {Lac}. {Gum Ladanum}, a fragrant gum yielded by several Oriental species of Cistus or rock rose. {Gum passages}, sap receptacles extending through the parenchyma of certain plants ({Amygdalace[91]}, {Cactace[91]}, etc.), and affording passage for gum. {Gum pot}, a varnish maker's utensil for melting gum and mixing other ingredients. {Gum resin}, the milky juice of a plant solidified by exposure to air; one of certain inspissated saps, mixtures of, or having properties of, gum and resin; a resin containing more or less mucilaginous and gummy matter. {Gum sandarac}. See {Sandarac}. {Gum Senegal}, a gum similar to gum arabic, yielded by trees ({Acacia Verek} and {A. Adansoni[84]}) growing in the Senegal country, West Africa. {Gum tragacanth}. See {Tragacanth}. {Gum tree}, the name given to several trees in America and Australia: (a) The black gum ({Nyssa multiflora}), one of the largest trees of the Southern States, bearing a small blue fruit, the favorite food of the opossum. Most of the large trees become hollow. (b) A tree of the genus {Eucalyptus.} See {Eucalpytus.} (c) The sweet gum tree of the United States ({Liquidambar styraciflua}), a large and beautiful tree with pointedly lobed leaves and woody burlike fruit. It exudes an aromatic terebinthine juice. {Gum water}, a solution of gum, esp. of gum arabic, in water. {Gum wood}, the wood of any gum tree, esp. the wood of the {Eucalyptus piperita}, of New South Wales.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gunlock \Gun"lock`\, n. The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See {Lock}.
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