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▪ I. gummous, a.1|ˈgʌməs|
[ad. L. gummōsus, f. gummi gum n.2: see -ous. Cf. F. gommeux.]
1. Of the nature of gum, gum-like.
1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 185 Barthius..concludes this gummous liquor to be the reguline parts of antimony. 1676Boyle in Phil. Trans. XI. 802 Resinous or Gummous substance, that looked like high colour'd Amber. 1699J. Woodward ibid. XXI. 209 Hence come our Mannas, our Honies, and other Gummous Exsudations of Vegetables. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 152 Manna is a gummous substance, obtained by the incision of various sorts of trees. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 346 To which we may add gummous blood, viscid mucous [etc.].
fig.1767Sterne Tr. Shandy IX. xiii, The thoughts rise heavily and pass gummous through my pen.
†2. Of a plant or tree: Abounding in or yielding gum; = gummy 2.
1693J. Clayton Acc. Virginia in Misc. Curios. (1708) III. 306 If a Gummous Plant or Tree, that grows low,..it abounds with acid Spirits.
Hence ˈgummousness.
1666J. H. Treat. Gt. Antidote 4 Set it in an ash Furnace, with a gentle heat till the ingredients be fully dissolved, and the bitterness and gummousness be fully gone.
▪ II. gummous, a.2 Path.|ˈgʌməs|
[f. mod.L. gumma + -ous.]
= gummatous.
1588J. Read Compend. Method 61 b, When ther are hard gummous tumors, as nodes or swellings, or pains or vlcers. 1861Bumstead Ven. Dis. (1879) 646 But sometimes gummatous infiltration supervenes, constituting a gummous meningitis. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 279 Ulcers, gummous tumours, and so on. |