Stum Definition
stŭm
stum, stums
noun
Grape juice that is unfermented or only partly fermented.
Webster's New World
Wine revived by adding stum to it so as to produce new fermentation.
Webster's New World
verb
To revive (wine) by adding stum.
Webster's New World
To ferment.
Wiktionary
To renew (wine etc.) by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation.
We stum our wines to renew their spirits. "” Floyer.
Wiktionary
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Wiktionary
Origin of Stum
Dutch stom dumb, stum from Middle Dutch
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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