Lum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /lʌm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lum is a noun meaning A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
Meaning
A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
More Meanings
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A grove or wood; also, a woody valley.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A deep pool, especially one in a riverbed.
Example Sentences
He bleez'd ovvre her, an' ſhe ovvre him, / As they vvad never mair part, / Till, fuff! he ſtarted up the lum, / An' Jean had e'en a ſair heart / To ſee't that night.
Sae, I wad not trust mysell with another look at poor Woodend, for the very blue reek that came out of the lum-head pat me in mind of the change of market-days with us.
Down the broad lum / Came melting flakes that hiss'd upon the coal; / Under my eyelids blew the blinding smoke, / And for a time I sat like one bewitch'd, / Still as a stone.
Now, by this time, the ſun begins to leam, / An' litt the hill-heads, wi' his morning beam, / An' birds, and beaſts, and fouk to be aſteer, / And ſtreams o' reek frae lumb heads to appear; […]
Word Forms
- lums
- lumb
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tik, brightness, mou, fun, gong, yoo.
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