DCHP-2

rum DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1 n.

  a generic term for spiritous liquor, often personified as in demon rum.

• 2a n. — Fur Trade, Hist.

  spiritous liquor used in the Indian trade.

  See also: Indian liquor  rum trade  

• 2b n. — Fur Trade, Hist.

  a gratuity paid, after 1821, to Indian trappers by the Hudson's Bay Company in place of the traditional regale (def. 3).

  See also: regale ((n.)) (def. 3)