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stum

  [stuhm] ,noun, verb, stummed, stum⋅ming.
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–noun
1. unfermented or partly fermented grape juice.
2. wine in which increased fermentation has taken place because of the addition of stum.
–verb (used with object)
3. to increase the fermentation of (wine) by adding stum.
Origin:
1650–60; < D stom dumb, dull; cf. F vin muet, G stummer Wein, in the same sense
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stum   (stŭm)   
n.  

  1. Unfermented or partly fermented grape juice; must.

  2. Vapid wine renewed by an admixture of stum.

tr.v.   stummed, stum·ming, stums
To ferment (vapid wine) by adding stum.

[Dutch stom, dumb, stum, from Middle Dutch.]
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