british gum

Brit·ish gum

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Definitions of british gum words

noun british gum dextrin. 1
noun british gum A brownish substance, very soluble in cold water, formed by heating dry starch. It corresponds in its properties to dextrin and is used in solution as a substitute for gum in stiffering goods. 0

before 1855

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First recorded in 1855-60

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