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gum ((n.))

• 1 n. a resinous substance exuded from certain evergreen trees, especially the spruce, as used for waterproofing the seams of birchbark canoes.

  See also: birchbark canoe  Indian pitch  

• 2 n. a rubber boot, reaching to just below the knee.

  See also: gumboot (def. 1)