bummock.
A brewing of ale.
Meaning & usage
A brewing of ale.
A submerged, downward-projecting piece of ice.
Where this word comes from
For the sense relating to alcohol: from or cognate to Scots bummock (“a brewing of drink; the liquor so brewed”), perhaps from Scots bummie, bummo, a vessel for holding liquid, itself perhaps from Old Norse, compare Icelandic bumba (“drum”). For the sense relating to ice, perhaps compare how keel can mean either a similar ice structure or a brewer's vat.
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