jorums

Noun

jorum (plural jorums)

1. A large vessel for drinking (usually alcoholic beverages).
   • Then come, put the jorum about, / And let us be merry and clever, / Our hearts and our liquors are stout, / Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever.1773 (first performance), Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer; or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy, by Dr. Goldsmith. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as Performed at the Theatres-Royal...
2. The contents, or quantity of the contents, of such a vessel.
   • To cure you at once of sciatical pains, / That hamper your body in dolorous pains, / And keep you confin'd in your sheets without motion, / Take me two jorams of wine for a potion, / Reserving two glasses by way of a lotion, / Which warm you'll apply to the part that's affected, / Then tip the...1812, J. F. N[eville], “A Rondeau by a French Joiner, Who Did Not Know His Letters!”, in Leisure-moments in the Camp and in the Guard-room, York: Printed by Thomas Wilson and Son, for the Author; and...
3. (figuratively) A large quantity.
   • […] while Miss Skiffins brewed such a jorum of tea, that the pig in the back premises became strongly excited, and repeatedly expressed his desire to participate in the entertainment.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XVIII, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 291