- rum
- A spiritous liquor, distilled from a "wine" made by the fermentation of molasses. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 12.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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Rum — Rum … Deutsch Wörterbuch
Rum — [rʊm], der; s, s: Branntwein aus Zuckerrohr: weißer, brauner Rum; bitte bringen Sie uns noch zwei Rum (zwei Gläser Rum). * * * rụm 〈Adv.; umg.; Kurzform von〉 herum * * * rụm <Adv.>: ugs. für ↑ herum. * * * I Rụm … Universal-Lexikon
Rûm — Rûm, also Roum or Rhum (in Arabic الرُّومُ ar Rūm , Persian/Turkish Rum ), is a very indefinite term used at different times in the Muslim world for Europeans generally and for the Byzantine Empire in particular, for the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm… … Wikipedia
Rum — Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash álbum de The Pogues Publicación Agosto 1985 Género(s) Celtic punk … Wikipedia Español
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Rum — Sm erw. fach. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Vermutlich über nndl. rum entlehnt aus ne. rum, das vermutlich auf Barbados aus älterem rumbullion Aufruhr gekürzt wurde. Dieses ist unklarer Herkunft. Ebenso nndl. rum, ne. rum, nfrz. rhum, nschw. rom, nisl … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
rum — rum1 [rum] n. [short for rumbullion, orig. Devonshire dial., uproar, tumult < ?] 1. an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented sugar cane, molasses, etc. ☆ 2. alcoholic liquor in general rum2 [rum] adj. [< obs. rum, good, great < ? Rom … English World 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rum|my — rum|my1 «RUHM ee», adjective, mi|er, mi|est. Slang. odd; strange: »There seemed to be some rummy mystery about his absence (A. S. M. Hutchinson). ╂[< rum2 + … Useful english dictionary
rum — |rum Mot Agut Nom masculí … Diccionari Català-Català
rum — s.m.inv. CO acquavite ottenuta dalla distillazione del sugo o della melassa fermentata della canna da zucchero {{line}} {{/line}} VARIANTI: rhum, rumme. DATA: 1708. ETIMO: dall ingl. rum, accorc. di rumbuillon tumulto , di orig. incerta.… … Dizionario italiano
