A colloquial name for rum (see also quot. 1846). Obsolete exc. Historical.

Rum; a glass or drink of this.

Rum.

An alcoholic spirit distilled from molasses and other sugar-cane products, prepared chiefly in the Caribbean and parts of Central and South…

Chiefly Scottish = molass, n. 1. Obsolete.

Navy slang. Rum mixed with water; grog. Also: undiluted rum. Cf. bubbly water n. (a) at compounds. Now disused.

British, Australian, and New Zealand slang (originally Military). Rum. Now historical and rare.