Defn: Guilty. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GULY
Gul"y, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to gules; red. "Those fatal guly dragons."
Milton.
GUM Gum, n. Etym: [OE. gome, AS. gama palate; akin Co G. gaumen, OHG. goumo, guomo, Icel. g, Sw. gom; cf. Gr.
Defn: The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws. Gum rash (Med.), strophulus in a teething child; red gum. — Gum stick, a smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething.
GUM
Gum, v. t.
Defn: To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.
GUM
Gum, n. Etym: [OE. gomme, gumme, F. gomme, L. gummi and commis, fr.
Gr. kam; cf. It. gomma.]
1. A vegetable secretion of many trees or plants that hardens when it exudes, but is soluble in water; as, gum arabic; gum tragacanth; the gum of the cherry tree. Also, with less propriety, exudations that are not soluble in water; as, gum copal and gum sandarac, which are really resins.
2. (Bot.)