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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tool or machine for gulleting saws, or for enlarging the spaces between the teeth of worn saws.
  • noun A workman whose business it is to use the gummer in widening the spaces between the teeth of a saw.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.
  • verb lacrosse To bring the ball up the field in a lacrosse game as a defensemen and either get an assist or score a goal.

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