Stum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /stʌm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stum is a noun meaning (transitive, obsolete) To ferment.
Meaning
(transitive, obsolete) To ferment.
More Meanings
- (transitive, obsolete) To renew (wine etc.) by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation.
- (transitive, obsolete) To fume, as a cask of liquor, with burning sulphur.
- (obsolete) Unfermented grape juice; must.
- (obsolete) Wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must.
Example Sentences
But stum wine was not intended for drinking.
And with thy stum ferment their fainting cause.
We stum our crude wines […]to renew their spirits.
Drink ev'ry letter on't in stum, And make it brisk champaign become.
Word Forms
- stums
- stumming
- stummed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include verjus, vinage, stemme, stupration, stain, steme.
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