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stums

stums is the plural of stum.

stums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stum.

Meaning of stum

Noun

stum (countable and uncountable, plural stums)

  1. (obsolete) Unfermented grape juice; must.
    • Let our wines, without mixture of stum, be all fine.1620s, Ben Jonson, Leges Convivales
  2. (obsolete) Wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must.
    • Drink ev'ry letter on't in stum,
      And make it brisk champaign become.1664, Samuel Butler, Hudibras; with notes by T. R. Nash, volume 1, published 1835, Part II, Canto 1, page 265

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Proper noun capitalized: Stums

Stums

  1. (plural) plural of Stum

Questions about stums

What is stums the plural of?
Stums is the plural of stum.
What part of speech is stums?
Stums is a proper noun.

Words near stums in the dictionary

  1. stumptail
  2. stumptailed
  3. stumptails
  4. stumpwork
  5. stumpy
  6. stums
  7. stun
  8. stun grenade
  9. stun grenades
  10. stun gun
  11. stun guns

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