Degumming

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Degum \De*gum"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Degummed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Degumming}.]
     To deprive of, or free from, gum; as, to degum ramie.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]