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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A wooded valley.
  2. n. A deep pool.
  3. n. A chimney.
  4. n. In coal-mining, a chimney placed on the top of the upcast-shaft to increase the draft and carry off the smoke.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Scotland A chimney.
  2. n. Scotland A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
  3. n. Scotland A woody valley.
  4. n. Scotland A deep pool.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Prov. Eng. & Scot. A chimney.
  2. n. A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
  3. n. Prov. Eng. A woody valley; also, a deep pool.

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  1. Origin uncertain. (Wiktionary)

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  • PossibleUnderscore The balls of light that give Rayman power! Jul 23, 2009

  • yarb '"It is a queer thing," his mind droned on, "that when I came here when I was young I saw there was a peck of dust in every room, and I blamed old Mr. Logan for keeping on yon dirty old wife of a caretaker. I said to myself that when I was the master I would have it like a new pin and put a decent buddy in the basement. And now Mr. Logan is long dead, and the old wife is long dead, and I have had things my own way these many years, but the place is still foul as a lum, and I keep on yon slut of a Mrs. Powell. Ah well! Ah well!"'

    - Rebecca West, The Judge Jul 23, 2009

  • bilby Scots - chimney, chimney stack. Dec 9, 2007

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‘lum’ has been looked up 2505 times, added to 10 lists, commented on 3 times, and has a Scrabble score of 5.