glum

n. [ See Gloom. ] Sullenness. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moody; silent; sullen. [ 1913 Webster ]

I frighten people by my glun face. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. glumancé. See Glume. ] Having glumes; consisting of glumes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gluma hull, husk, fr. glubere to bark or peel: cf. F. glume or gloume. ] (Bot.) The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelet. Gray.

{ } n. [ F. glumelle, dim. of glume. ] (Bot.) One of the palets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Gloom. ] Dark; gloomy; dismal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]