Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rum \Rum\, n. [probably shortened from Prov. E. rumbullion a
great tumult, formerly applied in the island of Barbadoes to
an intoxicating liquor.]
A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or
from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or
molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also,
sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name
for intoxicating liquor.
{Rum bud}, a grog blossom. [Colloq.]
{Rum shrub}, a drink composed of rum, water, sugar, and lime
juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring extract.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rum \Rum\, a. [Formerly rome, a slang word for good; possibly of
Gypsy origin; cf. Gypsy rom a husband, a gypsy.]
Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum idea; a rum fellow.
[Slang] --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rum \Rum\, n.
A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson. [Slang,
Obs.] --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rum
adj : beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious
hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they
have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name";
"the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something
definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow";
"singular behavior" [syn: {curious}, {funny}, {odd}, {peculiar},
{queer}, {rummy}, {singular}]
n 1: distilled from fermented molasses
2: a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the
winner is the first to meld all their cards [syn: {rummy}]
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