stum

Definitions

1. A surname from Dutch.
2. Unfermented grape juice; must.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. Wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“1620s, Ben Jonson, Leges Convivales Let⟳ our wines, without mixture of stum, be all fine.”

“And with thy stum ferment their fainting cause.”

“Drink⟳ ev'ry letter on't in stum, And make⟳ it brisk champaign become⟳.”

“To each hogshead of genuine Bordeaux wine, there are four gallons of Benicarlo, half a gallon of stum wine, and a small quantity of Hermitage added, which mixture undergoes a slight fermentation, and is then exported under the name⟳ of claret.”

“But stum wine was not intended for drinking.”

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