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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rum \Rum\, n.
A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson. [Slang,
Obs.] --Swift.
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WordNet Rum
adj : 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, rummy, singular]
n 1: 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]

Moby Dictionary
John Barleycorn , OK , absurd , ace-high , alcohol , alcoholic beverage ,
alcoholic drink , aqua vitae , ardent spirits , bad , bang-up ,
beverage , bizarre , bonzer , booze , boss , brew , bully , but good ,
cool , corking , crackerjack , curious , dandy , delicious , drink ,
ducky , eccentric , fab , fine and dandy , freaked out , freaky , funny ,
gear , great , grog , groovy , hard liquor , heavy , hot , hunky-dory ,
idiosyncratic , inebriant , intoxicant , intoxicating liquor , jam-up ,
just dandy , keen , kooky , liquor , little brown jug , marvy , mean ,
neat , nifty , nobby , odd , oddball , off , off the wall , okay , out ,
out of sight , outlandish , passing strange , peachy , peachy-keen ,
peculiar , potable , potation , punch bowl , quaint , queer , ripping ,
schnapps , scrumptious , singular , slap-up , smashing ,
social lubricant , solid , something else , spiffing , spiffy , spirits ,
strange , strong drink , strong waters , stunning , swell ,
the Demon Rum , the bottle , the cup , the flowing bowl ,
the luscious liquor , the ruddy cup , tough , toxicant , unearthly ,
water of life , weird , wizard , wondrous strange

RUM, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.