degumv.

/diːˈɡʌm/

Etymology: de- prefix 2b + gum n.²

To deprive of gum; spec. (in the preparation of silk) to deglutinate. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1938 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) II. 17/2 Generally silk is degummed as hanks of yarn. Degumming as cloth has..advantages.

1956 Nature 3 Mar. 429/2 4·86 gm. of the radioactive cocoon fibres was cut into small pieces and degummed.

1959 N. Marsh Singing in Shrouds vii. 148 He treated his restive audience to a comprehensive de-gumming of Hamlet and Macbeth.

Derivatives

deˈgummed adj.

ΚΠ

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 62/2 The fibres..being now degummed, are separated from each other.

deˈgumming n.

ΚΠ

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 249/2 Degumming machine, a machine used in treating silk before dyeing.

1960 A. E. Bender Dict. Nutrition & Food Technol. 38/2 Degumming agents, used in refining of fats to remove mucilaginous matter consisting of gum, resin, proteins and phosphatides.

1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. ii. 42 There is about 20 to 30% of silk-gum associated with the silk fibres so that a weight loss of this order results from de-gumming—it makes the de-gummed silk so much the more expensive.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	degum
释义	degumv. /diːˈɡʌm/ Etymology: de- prefix 2b + gum n.² To deprive of gum; spec. (in the preparation of silk) to deglutinate. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1938 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) II. 17/2 Generally silk is degummed as hanks of yarn. Degumming as cloth has..advantages. 1956 Nature 3 Mar. 429/2 4·86 gm. of the radioactive cocoon fibres was cut into small pieces and degummed. 1959 N. Marsh Singing in Shrouds vii. 148 He treated his restive audience to a comprehensive de-gumming of Hamlet and Macbeth. Derivatives deˈgummed adj. ΚΠ 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 62/2 The fibres..being now degummed, are separated from each other. deˈgumming n. ΚΠ a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 249/2 Degumming machine, a machine used in treating silk before dyeing. 1960 A. E. Bender Dict. Nutrition & Food Technol. 38/2 Degumming agents, used in refining of fats to remove mucilaginous matter consisting of gum, resin, proteins and phosphatides. 1963 A. J. Hall Student's Handbk. Textile Sci. ii. 42 There is about 20 to 30% of silk-gum associated with the silk fibres so that a weight loss of this order results from de-gumming—it makes the de-gummed silk so much the more expensive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.a1884
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