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degum

[dee-guhm]

verb (used with object), de·gummed, de·gum·ming.

to free from gum.

to remove sericin from (silk filaments or yarn) by boiling in a soap solution; boil off.

Origin of degum

First recorded in 1885–90; de- + gum¹

Related formsde·gum·mer, noun

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