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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†JUMM, int., n. The deep hollow moan made by the sea when dashing on rocks in a storm.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 288:
It is one of the wildest and most awful sounds in nature; it is just jumm, jumm, on a high and tremendous key.Kcb. 1897 G. O. Elder Borgue 35:
You can hear, in winter's storm, the “jumm” of the ocean.
