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STUM

Volume 3 · 75 words · 1771 Edition

in the wine-trade, denotes the unfermented juice of the grape, after it has been several times racked off and separated from its sediment. The casks are, for this purpose, well matched, or fumigated with brimstone every time, to prevent the liquor from fermenting, as it would otherwise readily do, and become wine.

STUPOR, a numbness in any part of the body, whether occasioned by ligatures obstructing the blood's motion, by the palsy, or the like.