shumac
shumac noun: dated spelling of sumac. Also the alternative spelling of sumac.
Noun
shumac (plural shumacs)
- Dated spelling of sumac.
- In dying a Cotton Gown Black. [...] For a gown, take half a pint of ground shumac and put it into a sieve, and place it in a pan; then pour boiling water on it, and let the shumac water run into the pan; then put in your gown, and let it steep for six hours; [...]1817, William Tucker, “On Dying Cottons, Dresses, Bed-furniture, &c. &c.”, in The Family Dyer and Scourer; being a Complete Treatise on the Whole Art of Cleaning and Dying: […], London: Printed for...
- Often, on descending into the narrow valleys, we found a little spot of cultivation, a garden, or a field hedged round with shumacs, rhododendrons, and azalias, and a cottage covered with roses.1832, [Frances Milton] Trollope, chapter XVIII, in Domestic Manners of the Americans. […], London: Printed for Whittaker, Treacher, & Co.; […], →OCLC, page 160
Also used as
shumac is also the alternative spelling of sumac.
Forms of shumac
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shumacs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | shumacs |
| present participle | shumacing |
| present participle | shumacking |
| past participle | shumaced |
| past | shumaced |
| past participle | shumacked |
| past | shumacked |
Questions about shumac
- What does shumac mean?
- Shumac means dated spelling of sumac.
- What part of speech is shumac?
- Shumac is a noun.
- What is the plural of shumac?
- The plural of shumac is shumacs.
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