lums

Noun (1)

lum (plural lums)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
   • Now, by this time, the ſun begins to leam, / An' litt the hill-heads, wi' his morning beam, / An' birds, and beaſts, and fouk to be aſteer, / And ſtreams o' reek frae lumb heads to appear; […]1768, Alexander Ross, “Canto I”, in The Fortunate Shepherdess, a Pastoral Tale; in Three Cantos, in the Scotish Dialect. […], Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire: […] Francis Douglas, →OCLC, page 50
   1. (Northern England, Scotland, specifically) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.

Noun (2)

lum (plural lums)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A grove or wood; also, a woody valley.

Noun (3)

lum (plural lums)

1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A deep pool, especially one in a riverbed.
   • The Kettle Wells are two lums, situated in Bonson's Wood, near Stanmore, which are not surpassed for Elysian beauty. The fall of the water into the first well is inconsiderable; but that continually empties itself into the lum below, over a smooth precipice of thirty feet.1830 September 4, W. H. H., “The ‘Lums’ of Westmoreland”, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, volume XVI, number 449, London: […] J[ohn] Limbird, […], →OCLC, page 188, column 2

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