Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thrumming"
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.
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