GUMMER

Etymology

Noun

gummer (plural gummers)

A person or machine that applies gum.

A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.

A cow or sheep etc. that has lost all of its teeth.

Source: Wiktionary


Gum"mer, n. Etym: [From 2d Gum.]

Definition: A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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