Gumption

·noun The art of preparing colors.

II. Gumption ·noun Megilp.

III. Gumption ·noun Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

gumption
Docility, comprehension, capacity. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
gumption
Understanding; skill.--Todd. This vulgar word is provincial in most parts of England, and is noticed...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
rum gumption
Docility, comprehension, capacity. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose