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Webster 1913 Edition
Thrum
Thrum
(thrŭm)
, Noun.
[OE.
thrum
, throm
; akin to OD. drom
, D. dreum
, G. trumm
, lump, end, fragment, OHG. drum
end, Icel. þrömr
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.
Thrum
,Verb.
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 surfaceTotten.
Thrum
,Verb.
I.
[CF. Icel.
[GREEK]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 tableThrum
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thrum
THRUM
,Noun.
1.
Any coarse yarn.2.
Thrums, among gardeners, the thread-like internal bushy parts of flowers; the stamens.THRUM
,Verb.
I.
THRUM
,Verb.
T.
1.
Among seamen, to insert short pieces of rope-yard or spun yard in a sail or mat.Definition 2024
thrum
thrum
English
Alternative forms
Noun
thrum (plural thrums)
- A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration. Also fig.
- 2014 October 25, Jeff Gordinier, “In search of the perfect taco”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine (international edition), page 100:
- The trailblazing Oaxacan chef Alejandro Ruiz […] has spiked this black-bean sauce with a hidden depth charge of flavor: patches of foliage from a local avocado tree. The leaves electrify the sauce with an unexpected thrum of black licorice.
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Verb
thrum (third-person singular simple present thrums, present participle thrumming, simple past and past participle thrummed)
- To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
- She watched as he thrummed the guitar strings absently.
- To make a monotonous drumming noise.
- to thrum on a table
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English throm from Old English tunge-þrum from Proto-Germanic *þrum-. Cognate of Old Norse thrǫmr (“edge, brim”) and German Trumm.
Noun
thrum (plural thrums)
- the ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
- (chiefly in plural) a fringe made of such threads.
- any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
- (botany) a threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
- (botany) a tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
- (anatomy) a bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
- (nautical, chiefly in plural) small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
- (nautical) a mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
- (mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Translations
a fringe of threads
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Verb
thrum (third-person singular simple present thrums, present participle thrumming, simple past and past participle thrummed)
- to furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
- Quarles
- are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?
- Quarles
- (nautical) to insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
- to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface