gum stick

gum stick

English

Noun

gum stick (plural gum sticks)

1. A stick of chewing gum.

   Synonym: stick of gum

2. (archaic) Any smooth hard substance for children to bite upon while teething.
   • 1836, James Ewell, The Medical Companion […] :

     It is customary to give the child a gum stick, to rub on the itchy gum

   • 1868, Pye Henry Chavasse, Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children:

     If a piece of crust be given as a gum-stick, he must, while biting it, be well watched, or by accident he might loosen a large piece of it, which might choke him.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gum stick under gum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)