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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 fol. by up): My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease.
Also, gorm.


Origin:
1790–1800; also Brit. dial.; of uncert. orig.
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