gaum
[ gawm, gahm ]
verb (used with object)Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up): My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease.
Origin of gaum
11790–1800; also British dial.; of uncertain origin
- Also gorm [gawrm] /gɔrm/ .
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How to use gaum in a sentence
The old sorrel came round "gauming," his ugly head thrown up, his great red mouth open, his ears laid back.
Other Main-Travelled Roads | Hamlin GarlandThe old sorrel came round "gauming," his ugly head thrown up, his great red mouth open, his ears back.
Wayside Courtships | Hamlin GarlandAye, that is Blood gauming up the Scuppers, but is the Captain chicken-hearted?
Ade's Fables | George Ade
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