degum
Americanverb (used with object)
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to free from gum.
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to remove sericin from (silk filaments or yarn) by boiling in a soap solution; boil off.
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The variety and great value of the ramie fibers has long been recognized, but difficulties attending the separation and degumming of the fibers have prevented its employment in the manufactures to any great extent.
From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz
In common with Nivelle, both were leaders who had earned their way in battle, which was promoting the efficient and shelving or "degumming," in the army phrase, the inefficient.
From My Second Year of the War by Palmer, Frederick
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