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noun

Thrum n. (Written also thrumb)

One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these.

Any coarse yarn; an unraveled strand of rope.

(Bot.) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

(Mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

(Naut.) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.

Thrum cap, a knitted cap.

Thrum hat, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth.

verb

Thrum v. t. (past & past part. thrummed; pres. part. thrumming)

To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe. "Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?"

(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.

Thrum v. t.

To play, as a stringed instrument, in a rude or monotonous manner.

Hence, to drum on; to strike in a monotonous manner; to thrum the table.

Thrum v. i.

To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

Hence, to make a monotonous drumming noise; as, to thrum on a table.

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Etymology of 'Thrum'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Thrum" Quotes from Famous Books

... gang luikin' for a thrum in a hay-sow?' returned she, coolly. 'I only said 'at I ...

— Robert Falconer • George MacDonald

... ill-favoured; short, "stumpy," and very dark, or tinged with unclean yellow. Lepers and hideous cripples thrust their sores and stumps in the face of charity. There was no local colouring compared with the carregadores, or coolies, from the northeast, whose thrum-mop heads and single monkey skins for fig-leaves, spoke of the wold and the wild. The body-dress of both sexes is the tanga, pagne, or waist-cloth, unless the men can afford trousers and ragged shirts, and the women a "veo preto," or dingy black sheet, ungracefully worn, like the graceful ...

— Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... a mere child, who can thrum a little on the piano and dress dolls for Cecil. I never could understand why Floyd ...

— Floyd Grandon's Honor • Amanda Minnie Douglas

... supported by her vertical lift units, coasted toward a stop. The drone of the fleeing super-planes diminished and was gone, and for a time the thrum of the generator and the tap-dance of relays adjusting circuits was ...

— The Black Star Passes • John W Campbell

... not lonely," was the reply. "To hear the thrum of the pigeon, the whistle of the hawk, the chatter of the black squirrel, and the long cry of the eagle, is not lonely. Then, there is the river and the pines—all music; and for what the eye sees, God has been good; and to kill pumas is my joy. . . . So, I cannot go. These hills are ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

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