stum


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stum /stʌm/
noun unfermented grape juice. verb (stums, stumming, stummed)
  • 1 prevent or stop the fermentation of (wine) by fumigating a cask with burning sulphur.
  • 2 renew the fermentation of (wine) by adding stum.
– origin C17: from Du. stom (n.), stommen (v.), from stom ‘dumb’.
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