Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. 2. (v. t.) To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer. 3. (n.) 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. 4. (n.) See Gum tree, below. 5. (n.) 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. 6. (n.) A rubber overshoe. 7. (v. t.) To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance. 8. (v. i.) To exude or from gum; to become gummy.

Multi-Version Concordance Gum (3 Occurrences) Genesis 37:25 They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. (See NAS RSV) Genesis 43:11 Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it must be so, then do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds; (See NAS RSV) Exodus 30:34 Yahweh said to Moses, "Take to yourself sweet spices, gum resin, and onycha, and galbanum; sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be an equal weight; (WEB NIV)