Category:Thrum

Thrum, n. Etym: [oe. thrum, throm; akin to od. drom, d. dreum, g. Trumm, lump, end, fragment, ohg. drum end, icel. 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.)

Defn: a threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.

4. (mining)

Defn: a shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.

5. (naut.)

Defn: 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.

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 quarrels.

2. (naut.)

Defn: 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.

Thrum Thrum, v. i. Etym: [cf. Icel. 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.

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.