▪ 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.
| 1748 Smollett Rod. Rand. xxxiv, A table well stored with bumbo and wine. 1756 T. Turner Diary 28 Apr. in Parish Sussex Gloss. s.v., One bowl of punch and two muggs of bumboo. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Bombo, weak cold punch. a 1886 Northumb 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.
| 1874 Lindley & 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. 1965 G. Kunkel Trees of Liberia 88 Daniellia thurifera Benn... Names: Daniellia, Copal Tree, Bungo, Bumbo, Faro, Gum Copal. |