GUM (4)

Gum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gummed (gŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gumming.] To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance. He frets like a gummed velvet. Shak.