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▪ I. gaum, v.1 Obs. exc. dial.|gɔːm|
Also 7 goam.
trans. To handle, esp. in some improper fashion.
1656R. Fletcher Martial etc. 230 Each Lad took his Lass by the fist, And when he had squeez'd her, and gaum'd her untill The fat of her face ran down like a mill He [etc.]. 1674–91Ray N.C. Words, Goam, to grasp, or clasp. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Gaum, see Paume [= to palm (a die, etc.)]. 1738Swift Pol. Convers. ii. Wks. (ed. Faulkner, Dublin) VI. 331 Don't be mauming and gauming a Body so. [Differently in other edd.] Can't you keep your filthy Hands to your self? 1886Chester Gloss., Gawm., to grasp in the hand. 1894S.E. Worcs. Gloss., Gaum, to handle articles in a manner calculated to damage or mar their appearance.
▪ II. gaum, v.2|gɔːm|
Also gorm.
[Cf. gome n. = coom n.2 4.]
trans. To smear with a sticky substance; to daub (something sticky) on a surface. Also with up.
a1796Pegge Derbicisms ii. (E.D.S.) 102 Gawm'd, smeared. 1824Lamb Lett. (1888) II. 120 Hope it won't clog his wings (gaum, we used to say at school). 1872‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abr. xx. 146 Those low savages..mix the..grease and ashes..with tar, and ‘gaum’ it thick all over their heads. 1883Athenæum No. 2885. 192 The greater part of the interior was gaumed with shellac in solution. 1962Listener 1 Nov. 732/3, I have always hoped against hope that one day Mr. Bucknell would..get gormed up in a glue-pot.
▪ III. gaum, v.3 dial.|gɔːm|
Also gorm.
intr. To stare vacantly.
1674–91Ray N.C. Words, s.v. Goam, We pronounce it gaum or gauve, and speak it of persons that unhandsomely gaze or look about them. 1839Cumbld. & Westmld. Dial. 72 A body knaas better haw tae carry thersel when they er amang gentlefowk: yan leaks nit quite sae gawmin. 1877Holderness Gloss., Gawm, to stare vacantly. 1887S. Chesh. Gloss., Gawmin, foolish, awkward, rash. 1928E. W. Hendy Lure of Bird Watching xi. 196 The youngsters sat gorming on its edge, while she stuffed gobbets of bread..into their insatiable maws.
▪ IV. gaum
dial. form of gome, notice. |