Thackeray.
Glum, v. i. To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.
[Obs.] Hawes.
Glu*ma"ceous (?), a. [Cf. F. glumancÈ. See Glume.] Having glumes;
consisting of glumes.
Glu"mal (?), a. (Bot.) Characterized by a glume, or having the nature
of a glume.
Glume (glm), 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.
{ Glu*mel"la (?), Glu"melle (?), } n. [F. glumelle, dim. of glume.]
(Bot.) One of the palets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or
spikelets of grasses.
Glum"ly (?), adv. In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily.