2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stum  \Stum\,  n.  [D.  stom  must  new  wort,  properly,  dumb;  cf  F. 
  vin  muet  stum.  Cf  {Stammer},  {Stoom}.] 
  1.  Unfermented  grape  juice  or  wine,  often  used  to  raise 
  fermentation  in  dead  or  vapid  wines;  must 
 
  Let  our  wines,  without  mixture  of  stum,  be  all  fine. 
  --B.  Jonson 
 
  And  with  thy  stum  ferment  their  fainting  cause 
  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  Wine  revived  by  new  fermentation,  reulting  from  the 
  admixture  of  must  --Hudibras. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stum  \Stum\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Stummed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Stumming}.] 
  To  renew,  as  wine,  by  mixing  must  with  it  and  raising  a  new 
  fermentation. 
 
  We  stum  our  wines  to  renew  their  spirits.  --Floyer. 

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