We stum our wines to renew their spirits. --Floyer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
stummed — n. new wine, grape juice that has not yet fermented, must v. add new wine to old wine as a means of reviving the fermentation process and also the flavor, add stum … English contemporary dictionary
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Stum — Stum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stumming}.] To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation. [1913 Webster] We stum our wines to renew their spirits. Floyer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stumming — Stum Stum, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stumming}.] To renew, as wine, by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation. [1913 Webster] We stum our wines to renew their spirits. Floyer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stum — /stum/, n., v., stummed, stumming. n. 1. unfermented or partly fermented grape juice. 2. wine in which increased fermentation has taken place because of the addition of stum. v.t. 3. to increase the fermentation of (wine) by adding stum. [1650… … Universalium
stum — [stʌm] noun unfermented grape juice. verb (stums, stumming, stummed) 1》 prevent or stop the fermentation of (wine) by fumigating a cask with burning sulphur. 2》 renew the fermentation of (wine) by adding stum. Origin C17: from Du. stom (n.),… … English new terms dictionary
stum — [stum] n. [Du stom, must, new wine < stom, dumb: see STUMBLE] 1. grape juice that is unfermented or only partly fermented 2. wine revived by adding stum to it so as to produce new fermentation vt. stummed, stumming to revive (wine) by adding… … English World dictionary
stum — n. & v. n. unfermented grape juice; must. v.tr. (stummed, stumming) 1 prevent from fermenting, or secure (wine) against further fermentation in a cask, by the use of sulphur etc. 2 renew the fermentation of (wine) by adding stum. Etymology: Du.… … Useful english dictionary
