a. [ Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham), Eng., “the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap jewelry, ” etc. ] Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [ Slang ] “These Brummagem gentry.” Lady D. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consummatus, p. p. or consummare to accomplish, sum up; con- + summa sum. See Sum. ] Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. “A man of perfect and consummate virtue.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Consummated p. pr. & vb. n. Consummating ] To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve. [ 1913 Webster ]

To consummate this business happily. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. consummatio. ] The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life). [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

From its original to its consummation. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quiet consummation have,
And renownéd be thy grave. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consummation of marriage, completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to consummate; completing. “The final, the consummative procedure of philosophy.” Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dumbledor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gummata [ NL. So called from its gummy contents See Gum. ] (Med.) A kind of soft tumor, usually of syphilitic origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Belonging to, or resembling, gumma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inconsummatus. See In- not, and Consummate. ] Not consummated; not finished; incomplete. Sir M. Hale. -- In`con*sum"mate*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. Wrong summation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nummarius, from nummus a coin. ] Of or relating to coins or money. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Pomace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For roomage, fr. room; hence originally, a making room, a packing away closely. See Room. ] 1. (Naut.) A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over. [ 1913 Webster ]

He has made such a general rummage and reform in the office of matrimony. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rummage sale, a clearance sale of unclaimed goods in a public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated in a shop. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rummaged p. pr. & vb. n. Rummaging ] 1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They might bring away a great deal more than they do, if they would take pain in the romaging. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To search a place narrowly. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have often rummaged for old books in Little Britain and Duck Lane. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ His house ] was haunted with a jolly ghost, that . . .
. . . rummaged like a rat. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who rummages. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A person on shipboard whose business was to take charge of stowing the cargo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The master must provide a perfect mariner, called a romager, to range and bestow all merchandise. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Scrimmage. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a summary manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who summarized. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. sommaire. See Sum. ] 1. Formed into a sum; summed up; reduced into a narrow compass, or into few words; short; brief; concise; compendious; as, a summary statement of facts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, rapidly performed; quickly executed; as, a summary process; to take summary vengeance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; compendious; succinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Summaries [ F. sommaire, or L. summarium. See Summary, a. ] A general or comprehensive statement; an abridged account; an abstract, abridgment, or compendium, containing the sum or substance of a fuller account. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. sommation. See Sum, v. t. ] The act of summing, or forming a sum, or total amount; also, an aggregate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of this series no summation is possible to a finite intellect. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) A great quantity or heap. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not consummated; not accomplished. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]