Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GROG'-BLOS-SOM
GROG'AM, or GROG'RANGROG'DRINK-ER
GROG'-BLOS-SOM, n.
A rum bud; a redness on the nose or face of men who drink ardent spirits to excess; a deformity that marks the beastly vice of intemperance.
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