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gaum
[ gawm, gahm ]
verb (used with object)
, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.
- to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up ):
My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gaum1
1790–1800; also British dial.; of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
Near my village, which is Gaum, one lived in the hills so close that he was called the 'Dweller at the Hearth.'
From Project Gutenberg
As to the ways of a bhut not even the priest at my village of Gaum could say aught.
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