Gum, 1) the fleshy substance that invests and contains the teeth: Mcb. I, 7, 57.
2) a concrete juice exsuding through the bark of trees: Tim. I, 1, 21. Hml. II, 2, 201. Oth. V, 2, 351. Used of the rheum issuing from the eyes: H5 IV, 2, 48; cf. the passage in Hml.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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