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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUM, n.
1. Spirit distilled from cane juice; or the scummings of the juice from the boiling house, or from the treacle or molasses which drains from sugar, or from dunder, the lees of former distillations.
In the United States, rum is distilled from molasses only.
2. A low cant word for a country parson.
RUM, a. Old fashioned; queer. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" [syn: curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular] n
1: liquor distilled from fermented molasses
2: a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards [syn: rummy, rum]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: probably short for obsolete rumbullion rum Date: 1654 1. an alcoholic beverage distilled from a fermented cane product (as molasses) 2. alcoholic liquor <the demon rum> II. adjective (rummer; rummest) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1752 1. chiefly British queer, odd <writing is a rum trade — Angela Thirkell> 2. chiefly British difficult, dangerous

Britannica Concise

Distilled liquor made from sugarcane products, primarily molasses. It is first mentioned in records from Barbados c.1650. Rum figured in the slave trade: slaves from Africa were traded in the W. Indies for molasses, the molasses was made into rum in New England, and the rum was then traded to Africa for more slaves. British sailors received regular rum rations from the 18th cent. until the 1970s. Two major types are marketed. The light-bodied rums, traditionally of Puerto Rico and Cuba, employ cultivated yeast and are distilled in continuous-operation stills before being blended and aged 1-4 years. The heavier dark rums, traditionally of Jamaica, employ yeast spores from the air and are distilled in simple pot stills before being blended and aged 5-7 years. Rum is drunk straight or mixed, and is used in dessert sauces and other dishes.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 a spirit distilled from sugar-cane residues or molasses. 2 US intoxicating liquor. Phrases and idioms: rum baba see BABA. Etymology: 17th c.: perh. abbr. of contemporary forms rumbullion, rumbustion, of unkn. orig. 2. adj. Brit. colloq. 1 odd, strange, queer. 2 difficult, dangerous. Phrases and idioms: rum go (or start) colloq. a surprising occurrence or unforeseen turn of affairs. Derivatives: rumly adv. rumness n. Etymology: 16th-c. cant, orig. = fine, spirited, perh. var. of ROM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rum Rum, n. [probably shortened from Prov. E. rumbullion a great tumult, formerly applied in the island of Barbadoes to an intoxicating liquor.] A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings 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 1913 Dictionary

Rum Rum, a. [Formerly rome, a slang word for good; possibly of Gypsy origin; cf. Gypsy rom a husband, a gypsy.] Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow. [Slang] --Dickens.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rum Rum, n. A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson. [Slang, Obs.] --Swift.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rums) Rum is an alcoholic drink made from sugar. ...a bottle of rum. N-MASS

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Fine, good, valuable.

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