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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,327 words match “RUM”

FRUMENTARIOUS a.
Of or pertaining to wheat or grain. [R.] Coles.
FRUMENTATION n.
A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy.
FRUMENTY n.
Food made of hulled wheat boiled in milk, with sugar, plums, etc. [Written also furmenty and furmity.] Halliwell.
FRUMP v. 3 definitions
To insult; to flout; to mock; to snub. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
FRUMPER n.
A mocker. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
FRUMPISH a. 2 definitions
Old-fashioned, as a woman's dress. Our Bell . . . looked very frumpish. Foote.
FULCRUM n. 6 definitions
A prop or support.
GARUM n.
A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.
GOOSE-RUMPED a.
Having the tail set low and buttocks that fall away sharply from the croup; -- said of certain horses.
GRUM a. 2 definitions
Morose; severe of countenance; sour; surly; glum; grim. "Nick looked sour and grum." Arbuthnof.
GRUMBLE v. 6 definitions
d complaints in a low voice and a surly manner. L'Avare, not using half his store, Still grumbles that he has no more. Prior.
GRUMBLER n.
One who grumbles.
GRUMBLINGLY adv.
In a grumbling manner.
GRUME n.
A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood. Quincy.
GRUMLY adv.
In a grum manner.
GRUMOSE a.
Clustered in grains at intervals; grumous.
GRUMOUS a. 2 definitions
Resembling or containing grume; thick; concreted; clotted; as, grumous blood.
GRUMOUSNESS n.
The state of being grumous.
GRUMPILY n.
In a surly manner; sullenly. [Colloq.]
GRUMPY a.
Surly; dissatisfied; grouty. [Collog.] Ferby.
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