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Quotation dates: 1420, 1499-1568, 1629
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Gume, n. Also: gwm(m)-, gome, goome. [ME. gume, gome, OE. góma.] pl. The gums. Also transf. c1420 Wynt. i. 457.
He … grynnyd and gapyde wyth hys gwmys [W. gomys, C. gomes] a1500 Henr. Fab. 1014.
With that the meir gird him vpon the gumis c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxi. 58.
Latt nevir the soutteris have my skin With uglie gumes to be gnawin 1540 Lynd. Sat. 543.
Ȝour dame, be this, trewlie Hes gottin vpon the gumis (B. gwmmis) a1568 Bannatyne MS 136 b/18.
They gnew doun with thair gomes mony grit staine a1568 Ib. 140 a/20.
For lowsy semis that thow hes bittin Thy gwmis ar giltin quhar evir thow gay a1568 Sempill Sat. P. xlviii. 43.
It is … Weill wrocht in the lwmis with wobster gwmis 1629 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. III. 189.
Thay … rasched his face upon the side of the boord … and raue his goomes
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