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thrum |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thrum \Thrum\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thrummed}; p. pr & vb n. {Thrumming}.] 1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in to fringe. Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw? --Quarles. 2. (Naut.) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in as to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface. --Totten. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thrum \Thrum\, v. i. [CF. Icel. ?ruma to rattle, to thunder, and E. drum.] 1. To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum. 2. Hence to make a monotonous drumming noise; as to thrum on a table. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thrum \Thrum\, n. [OE. thrum, throm; akin to OD drom, D. dreum, G. trumm, lump, end fragment, OHG. drum end Icel. ?r["o]mr edge, brim, and L. terminus a limit, term. Cf {Term}.] [Written also {thrumb}.] 1. One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these 2. Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope. 3. (Bot.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen. 4. (Mining) A shove out of place a small displacement or fault along a seam. 5. (Naut.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn. {Thrum cap}, a knitted cap. --Halliwell. {Thrum hat}, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth. --Minsheu. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thrum \Thrum\, v. t. 1. To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner. 2. Hence to drum on to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thrum n : a thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo" v 1: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: {hum}] 2: sound the strings of (a guitar or similar string instrument) [syn: {strum}] 3: make a rhythmic sound: "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night" [syn: {drum}, {beat}]
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