Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thrum"
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) 1.7 (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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