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noun
Thrum  n.  (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.
Thrum hat, a hat made of coarse woolen cloth.


verb
Thrum  v. t.  (past & past part. thrummed; pres. part. thrumming)  
1.
To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe. "Are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?"
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.


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.


Thrum  v. i.  
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.





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... primrose, one of the best known examples of the class. If a number of primroses be gathered, it will be found that some plants yield nothing but "pin-eyed" flowers, in which the style (or organ for the transmission of the pollen to the ovule) is long, while the others yield only "thrum-eyed" flowers with short styles. Thus primroses are divided into two sets or castes differing structurally from each other. My father showed that they also differ sexually, and that in fact the bond between the two ...
— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II • Francis Darwin
... the day when, right or wrong, I, Colley Bays, Esquire, Must for my sack indite a song, And thrum my ...
— Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732) • Lewis Melville
... sight, and as the knife ripped through the flesh, it was more than I could bear, and, throwing down the drumstick, I give way to the most violent grief. It was not until I was severely admonished to continue my task, that I could sufficiently control my emotion and resume the horrid thrum thrum of ...
— Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches - An Autobiography • Edwin Eastman
... may say that: I have hold of his mind. And I can slack it off or fetch it taut. And make him dance a score of miles away An answer to the least twangling thrum I play on it. He thought he lurkt at last Safely; and all the while, what has he been? An eel on the end of a night line; and it's time I haul'd him in. You'll see, ...
— Georgian Poetry 1918-19 • Various
... the lake under the guidance of the excellent clergyman who was then incumbent at Glenorquhy, [This venerable and hospitable gentleman's name was MacIntyre.] and had heard a hundred legends of the stern chiefs of Loch Awe, Duncan with the thrum bonnet, and the other lords of the now mouldering towers of Kilchurn. [See Note 7.—Loch Awe.] Thus it was later than usual when we set out on our journey, after a hint or two from Donald concerning the length of the way ...
— Chronicles of the Canongate • Sir Walter Scott


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