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Rum
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scumming of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor. Rum bud, a grog blossom. [Colloq.] -- Rum shrub, a drink composed of rum, water, sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring extract.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson. [Slang, Obs.] Swift.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow. [Slang] Dickens.