DCHP-1 Online
spruce gum † 
a resinous secretion of the spruce, used for caulking canoes, chewing, in medicine, etc.; also, a globule of this substance as found on the tree.
See also: Canada balsam (def. 1)
- 1896 (1898) Wisagatchak soon tired of the manner of traveling and told the fox to bring him some clear spruce gum.
- 1909 (1926) While none were observing her she had gleefully clambered out over the solid mass, looking for spruce-gums.
- 1953 When done by a skilled wood-worker, little or no caulking was necessary to make the box water-tight. Knot-holes and other defects were plugged with shredded cedar-bark saturated with hot spruce-gum.
- 1896 (1898) Wisagatchak soon tired of the manner of traveling and told the fox to bring him some clear spruce gum.