Definitions For Stum

Verb

stums , stumming , stummed (transitive, obsolete) To ferment. (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.

Noun

STUM. (countable and uncountable, plural STUMs) (obsolete) unfermented, unfermented grape juice; must. (obsolete) Wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must.

Etymology

From {{bor, en, nl, stom, t=unfermented, lit=mute; dull}}. Compare {{noncog, fr, vin muet}}, {{cog, de, stummer Wein}}. {{doublet, en, shtum}}.

Anagrams

MTUs, UMTS, must, smut, tums