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▪ I. ˈbumbo1 Also bumboo, bombo. [Cf. It. bombo a child's word for drink (Tommaseo and Bellini).] ‘A liquor composed of rum, sugar, water, and nutmeg’ (Note to Rod. Random); also other alcoholic mixtures.
1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xxxiv, A table well stored with bumbo and wine. 1756T. Turner Diary 28 Apr. in Parish Sussex Gloss. s.v., One bowl of punch and two muggs of bumboo. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Bombo, weak cold punch. a1886Northumb Song in N. & Q. 6 Mar. 195 The pitmen and the keelman..drink bumbo made of gin. ▪ II. bumbo2|ˈbʌmbəʊ| Also bombo, bumboo, bungo. [Native name.] A fabaceous tree, Daniellia thurifera, of Sierra Leone, yielding a fragrant resin; also bumbo- or bungo-tree. Also, the gum or resin obtainable from this tree.
1874Lindley & Moore Treas. Bot. Suppl. s.v. Daniellia. 1916 C. E. Lane-Poole Trees of Sierra Leone 32 Daniella [sic] thurifera. Bennett... The Frankincense Tree... Creole: Bungbo. 1965G. Kunkel Trees of Liberia 88 Daniellia thurifera Benn... Names: Daniellia, Copal Tree, Bungo, Bumbo, Faro, Gum Copal. |