Rum, a. [Formerly rome, a slang
word for good; possibly of Gypsy origin; cf. Gypsy rom a
husband, a gypsy.] Old-fashioned; queer; odd; as, a rum
idea; a rum fellow. [Slang] Dickens.
Rum, n. A queer or odd person or
thing; a country parson. [Slang, Obs.] Swift.
Rum (?), n. [probably shortened from
Prov. E. rumbullion a great tumult, formerly applied in the
island of Barbadoes to an intoxicating liquor.] A kind of
intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings
of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of
former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic
or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.
Rum bud, a grog blossom. [Colloq.] --
Rum shrub, a drink composed of rum, water,
sugar, and lime juice or lemon juice, with some flavoring
extract.