rummy [1] , rum n a card game based on collecting sets and sequences (C20: perhaps from rum2)
bay rum
n
1 an aromatic liquid, used in medicines and cosmetics, originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree (Pimenta acris) with rum: now also synthesized from alcohol, water, and various oils
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bay rum tree another name for →
bayberry →
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Jamaica rum
n a highly flavoured rum produced in Jamaica
rum [1]
n spirit made from sugar cane, either coloured brownish-red by the addition of caramel or by maturation in oak containers, or left white
(C17: perhaps shortened from C16 rumbullion, of uncertain origin)
rum [2]
adj , rummer, rummest (Brit)
slang strange; peculiar; odd
(C19: perhaps from Romany rom man)
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rumly adv
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rumness n
rum [3]
n short for →
rummy 1
Rum Rebellion
n (Austral) the deposition of Governor William Bligh in 1808 by officers of the New South Wales Corps, caused by his interference in their trading activities, esp. in the trafficking of rum