GUMMING • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Gumming

... of the maiz is taken and cut into pieces of the required size. Into this he sprinkles a small portion of strong tobacco and rolling it into a thin roll in a certain dexterous way, smokes it without necessity of gumming or fastening the edge. These cigarettes have a distinctive and agreeable taste and aroma, and the foreigner who has grown accustomed to them will certainly find nothing superior in the machine-made cigarettes of the United States or Great Britain—especially ...

— Mexico • Charles Reginald Enock

... 'ticky," cried the savage, gumming his face gloriously and grinding up the biscuit as easily as if it ...

— King o' the Beach - A Tropic Tale • George Manville Fenn