lumn.

Brit.

/lʌm/, U.S.

/ləm/, Scottish English

/lʌm/

Forms: Also 1500s lumbe, 1600s lume, 1700s lumb.

Etymology: Of obscure etymology; possibly an application of Old French lum light ( < Latin lūmen); compare the uses of French lumière in the sense of ‘aperture, passage’. The resemblance in form and sense to Welsh llumon chimney is noteworthy.

northern dialect and Scottish.

†1. ? An opening in a roof; a skylight. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1507–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 659 2 ropez ad le lumbe pro lumine in pandoxatorio.

2. A chimney; also a chimney-top.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney

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1697 [see lum-sweeper n. at Compounds].

1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 145 They carefully fix their Eyes upon the Lums or Chimney Heads of this House.

1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 30 I had been gain out at the lum o' a house.

1773 R. Fergusson Poems 117 Upo' the tap o' ilka lum The sun began to keek.

1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 155 He bleez'd owre her, an' she owre him,..Till fuff! he started up the lum.

1862 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod I. 33 By the side of the wide chimney, or more properly lum, hung an iron lamp.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Lum, a chimney placed on the top of an upcast shaft to carry off the smoke, &c., and to increase the ventilating current.

Compounds

lum-hat n. a chimney-pot hat.

ΚΠ

1888 J. M. Barrie When Man's Single xviii. 273 It's Rob Angus come home in a lum hat.

lum-head n. the upper part of a chimney, whence the smoke escapes.

ΚΠ

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 50 The sun begins to leam..An' streams o' reek frae lumb heads to appear.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 32 The..blue reek that came out of the lum-head.

lum-sweeper n. a chimney-sweeper.

ΚΠ

1697 Reg. St. Andrew's Church Newcastle 13 May in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) I. 619 James Brown lume sweeper.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lum
释义	lumn. Brit. /lʌm/, U.S. /ləm/, Scottish English /lʌm/ Forms: Also 1500s lumbe, 1600s lume, 1700s lumb. Etymology: Of obscure etymology; possibly an application of Old French lum light ( < Latin lūmen); compare the uses of French lumière in the sense of ‘aperture, passage’. The resemblance in form and sense to Welsh llumon chimney is noteworthy. northern dialect and Scottish. †1. ? An opening in a roof; a skylight. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1507–8 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 659 2 ropez ad le lumbe pro lumine in pandoxatorio. 2. A chimney; also a chimney-top. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney tewelc1384 chimneyc1440 tun1463 lum1697 stack1825 smokestack1859 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > part above building chimneyc1400 chimney-tun1600 chimney-topa1616 chimney-shaft1662 lum1697 chimney-stalk1828 chimney-head1837 1697 [see lum-sweeper n. at Compounds]. 1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 145 They carefully fix their Eyes upon the Lums or Chimney Heads of this House. 1755 R. Forbes Jrnl. London to Portsmouth in tr. Ovid Ajax his Speech (new ed.) 30 I had been gain out at the lum o' a house. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 117 Upo' the tap o' ilka lum The sun began to keek. 1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 155 He bleez'd owre her, an' she owre him,..Till fuff! he started up the lum. 1862 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod I. 33 By the side of the wide chimney, or more properly lum, hung an iron lamp. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Lum, a chimney placed on the top of an upcast shaft to carry off the smoke, &c., and to increase the ventilating current. Compounds lum-hat n. a chimney-pot hat. ΚΠ 1888 J. M. Barrie When Man's Single xviii. 273 It's Rob Angus come home in a lum hat. lum-head n. the upper part of a chimney, whence the smoke escapes. ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 50 The sun begins to leam..An' streams o' reek frae lumb heads to appear. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 32 The..blue reek that came out of the lum-head. lum-sweeper n. a chimney-sweeper. ΚΠ 1697 Reg. St. Andrew's Church Newcastle 13 May in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) I. 619 James Brown lume sweeper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1507
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